Gdańsk: how to get there and around
Airports, stations, ports, where the hotels are and what the numbers say, from public data rather than a brochure.
Gdańsk is a city of 487,371 people in Poland (Pomerania), 8 m (26 ft) above sea level. The nearest large airport is Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN), 12 km (7 mi) from the centre. It has a dozen or more railway stations on record, including Gdańsk Główny railway station. It is a port city: Nowy Port. Our booking partner lists 2,670+ places to stay.
Key facts
Daylight in Gdańsk runs from about 7 h 23 min a day in late December to 17 h 18 min in late June (computed for 54.35° latitude), which matters more than the forecast when a day is built around one flight or one crossing.
Getting there
Gdańsk is served by one airport with scheduled flights. The closest large one is Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN), 12 km (7 mi) from the centre, with a longest runway of 9,186 ft, which limits it to short and medium-haul aircraft.
Flights to Gdańsk: every airport, routes and times
By rail: stations on record include Gdańsk Główny railway station, Gdańsk Wrzeszcz railway station, Gdańsk Brzeźno railway station, Gdańsk Kolonia railway station, Gdańsk Port Północny railway station, Gdańsk Olszynka railway station. Trains to Gdańsk
Buses to Gdańsk · Driving and car hire · Ferries
Where to stay
Our booking partner lists 2,670+ places to stay in Gdańsk (statistics below are from the first 1,000). Of the 379 with a star rating, the largest group is 3-star (185), and 5 are five-star. Across 671 properties with at least 50 reviews, the average guest score is 9.1 out of 10. Guests have left 472,003 reviews in total.
Hotels in Gdańsk: the full picture, and book
Our booking partner lists 37 hostels in Gdańsk, out of 2,670 places to stay of every kind — 1.4% of everywhere it lists in the city, around the middle of the range for the cities we hold figures for. Across 27 hostels with at least 50 reviews, the average guest score is 8.1 out of 10, 1.0 below the 9.1 its hotels average. Guests have left 49,599 reviews across them.
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Nearby cities, and how to get between them
- Warsaw, 283 km — flights · trains · tours
- Wrocław, 377 km
- Łódź, 292 km — tours
- Poznań, 245 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Kaliningrad, 126 km (Russia) — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Szczecin, 287 km — tours
- Hrodna, 347 km (Belarus)
- Malmö, 386 km (Sweden)
- Bydgoszcz, 143 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Białystok, 326 km
Twin towns and sister cities: Astana, Bremen, Cleveland, Kaliningrad, Marseille, Nice, Odesa, Rotterdam, Sefton, Saint Petersburg, Vilnius, Turku, Barcelona, Helsingør.
Common questions
Which airport serves Gdańsk?
Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN), 12 km (7 mi) from the centre.
How big is Gdańsk?
About 487,371 people live in Gdańsk, across 266 km² (GeoNames and Wikidata).
What time zone is Gdańsk in?
Europe/Warsaw, currently UTC+2.
What currency is used in Gdańsk?
The Zloty (PLN). Traffic drives on the right.
Are there hostels in Gdańsk?
37 of them, bookable on this site. Hostels in Gdańsk.
How many hotels are there in Gdańsk?
Our booking partner lists 2,670 or more places to stay in Gdańsk, bookable on this site.
Which cities are near Gdańsk?
Warsaw (283 km), Wrocław (377 km), Łódź (292 km), Poznań (245 km), Kaliningrad (126 km).
Where these facts come from
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, elevation, time zone, postal codes
- Wikidata (CC0): area, sister cities, visitor numbers, heritage listings, stations and ports
- OurAirports (public domain): airports, runways
- Natural Earth (public domain): map outlines
Data compiled 14 September 2026. Hotel and hostel figures are from our booking partner’s catalogue on that date. Journey times on this page are estimates from distance, not timetables; check the operator before you rely on one.