Photos: Ghent by ykeiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; San Juan by Mohan Nannapaneni, Pexels License.
Ghent or San Juan?
Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.
Choose Ghent for
- getting around
- day trips
- culture and sights
What lies behind each score is written up on Ghent’s own page.
Choose San Juan for
- beaches
- nature and the outdoors
- nightlife
What lies behind each score is written up on San Juan’s own page.
Scoreboard
Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ghent and San Juan.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.
Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.
What matters to you?
When should you go?
Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.
Ghent in July
San Juan in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
Where the figures come from
Ghent has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.
Ghent's sunshine is measured 45 km from the centre, at Vlissingen.
Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ghent: 2009-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Melle / Kalverhaag (10.1 km from centre). San Juan: 1991-2020 normals, San Juan / Int., Puerto Rico (12.8 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Ghent | San Juan |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | French, German, Dutch | Spanish, English |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) | US Dollar (USD) |
| Sockets | CE230 V, 50 Hz | AB120 V, 60 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Right |
| Time zone | UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer | UTC-4 |
| Emergency number | 112 | 911 |
| Elevation | 12 m | 3 m |
| Main airport | Brussels Airport (BRU)56 km from centre191 non-stop destinations | Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU)12 km from centre59 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 14 days | 21 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Ghent | San Juan |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 272,657 | 342,259 |
| People per km² | 1,728 | 2,847 |
| Museums within 10 km | 30 | 18 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 5 | 1 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | None | 12 months |
Where else could you go?
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