Gdańsk
City in Poland: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Calle Dlugie Pobrzeze, Gdansk, Polonia, 2013-05-20, DD 05: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Gdańsk is a city in Poland, in Pomerania. About 487,371 people live in the city proper, making it the 6th largest city of Poland in our atlas.
It lies at 54.35° N, 18.65° E, about 8 m (26 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Warsaw time zone.
Location
Red dot: Gdańsk. Green dots: other major cities of Poland. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Gdańsk has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 21°C (70°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -2°C (28°F). Around 714 mm (28 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in PolandNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Gdynia · 20 km
- Bydgoszcz · 143 km
- Poznań · 243 km
- Warsaw · 281 km
- Szczecin · 284 km
- Łódź · 291 km
- Białystok · 322 km
- Wrocław · 376 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3099434 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1792 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Calle Dlugie Pobrzeze, Gdansk, Polonia, 2013-05-20, DD 05: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Gdańsk, Główne Miasto, Rarusz (HB1): Henryk Bielamowicz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Lechia Gdansk Stadion, Grandstand "Kryta", August 2008: Sitek LG, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- John III Sobieski Monument in Gdańsk 2669: Nemo, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Gdansk - Most Wantowy: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Gdańsk ulica Bogusławskiego 1 – Gdański Teatr Szekspirowski: Artur Andrzej, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Middle Ages defensive walls of Gdansk 0: Artur Andrzej, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Wyższy Staw2: Seothiann, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- TeatrWybrzeze Gdansk: Łukasz Golowanow Łukasz Golowanow, CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
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