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Korenlei reflected in the Leie, Ghent
GhentKorenlei reflected in the Leie
The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind

Photos: Ghent by ykeiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Ghent or Tirana?

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

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Ghent’s own page.

Choose Tirana for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Tirana’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Ghent 25, Tirana 46: Tirana leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Ghent 62, Tirana 57: Ghent leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Ghent 72, Tirana 42: Ghent leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Ghent 55, Tirana 58: Tirana leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ghent 35, Tirana 62: Tirana leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Ghent 88, Tirana 64: Ghent leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Ghent 50, Tirana 40: Ghent leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Ghent 78, Tirana 54: Ghent leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Ghent 50, Tirana 32: Ghent leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Ghent 38, Tirana 76: Tirana leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ghent 60, Tirana 32: Ghent leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ghent 33, Tirana 27: Ghent leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ghent and Tirana.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Ghent
Best match
54match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Tirana
49match

Wins on prices 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

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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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). Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGhentTirana
Official languageFrench, German, DutchAlbanian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Lek (ALL)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation12 m110 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)56 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureGhentTirana
City population272,657389,323
People per km²1,7289,314
Museums within 10 km3011
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.