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Korenlei reflected in the Leie, Ghent
GhentKorenlei reflected in the Leie
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Ghent by ykeiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Ghent or Warsaw?

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

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • getting around

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Warsaw’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, Warsaw 12: Ghent leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Ghent 62, Warsaw 60: Ghent leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Ghent 72, Warsaw 70: Ghent leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Ghent 55, Warsaw 66: Warsaw leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ghent 35, Warsaw 47: Warsaw leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Ghent 88, Warsaw 52: Ghent leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Ghent 50, Warsaw 62: Warsaw leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Ghent 78, Warsaw 72: Ghent leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Ghent 50, Warsaw 55: Warsaw leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Ghent 38, Warsaw 64: Warsaw leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ghent 60, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ghent 33, Warsaw 35: Warsaw leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ghent and Warsaw.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Ghent
54match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Warsaw
55match

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

Warsaw in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGhentWarsaw
Official languageFrench, German, DutchPolish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation12 m118 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)56 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureGhentWarsaw
City population272,6571,862,402
People per km²1,7283,601
Museums within 10 km30117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km51
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

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.