Poland
Gdańsk in November
🍂 AutumnCold and mostly dry.
🎒 Pack: warm jacket for evenings
Why November scores 7.2What goes into the score
How it works- Weather comfort6.0
- !Cold (7°C highs / 2°C lows)
- ✓Comfortable humidity (dew point 3°C)
- ✓Mostly dry (~43 mm rain)
- !Grey, overcast skies (~86% cloud cover on average)
- Air quality6.9
- !Elevated (PM2.5 ~26 µg/m³)
- Seasonal hazards10.0
- ·No notable seasonal hazards
- Safety baseline8.0
- ·Normal precautions
| Nov | Jun | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 7.2 Good | 9.5 Excellent |
| Season | 🍂 Autumn | ☀️ Summer |
| High / low | 7° / 2° | 20° / 12° |
| Rain | 43 mm | 59 mm |
| Humidity | dew pt 3° | dew pt 13° |
| PM2.5 | 26 µg/m³ | 6 µg/m³ |
Typical-month data: NASA POWER (MERRA-2 reanalysis) 2015–2024 (modelled, not a forecast). Temperatures: Gdańsk weather-station normals. Rainfall: Gdańsk weather-station normals (national met service).
Holidays & crowdsNovember 2026
No long holidaysNo long public-holiday weekends this month. School holidays aren't counted, so check those if you want to avoid family crowds.
Other public holidays: All Saints' Day (1 Nov) · National Independence Day (11 Nov)
National holidays only; regional holidays and school breaks aren't included. Source: holidays (open-source public-holiday calendar).
Explore GdańskEvents, sights, food & souvenirs
Check event dates locallyA Baltic port city in northern Poland with a rebuilt Hanseatic old town, amber trade and key sites of 20th-century European history.
Gdańsk Christmas MarketDate variesUsually late November to late December
A Christmas market with stalls, lights and a Ferris wheel.
Why go: Bring warm clothes, as Baltic winters are cold and damp.
Where: Targ Węglowy (Coal Market)
Coming up later
St Dominic's Fair (Jarmark św. Dominika)Date variesUsually late July to mid-August
One of Europe's oldest trade fairs, dating to the 13th century, with market stalls, antiques and concerts.
Why go: The old town is very crowded but lively during the fair.
Where: Old Town
Długi Targ and Neptune's Fountain
The Long Market, a grand street of colourful merchant houses ending at the Green Gate, with the Neptune statue at its heart.
St Mary's Basilica
One of the largest brick churches in the world, with a tower you can climb for city views.
The Crane (Żuraw)
A medieval wooden port crane on the Motława river waterfront.
European Solidarity Centre
A museum on the Solidarity trade union and the fall of communism, next to the historic shipyard gates.
Museum of the Second World War
A large museum on the war, located in the city where it began.
Westerplatte
The peninsula where the first battle of the Second World War started on 1 September 1939, now a memorial site.
Pierogi
Filled dumplings with fillings such as potato and cheese, meat or seasonal fruit.
Żurek
Sour rye soup with sausage and egg, sometimes served in a bread bowl.
Baltic herring
Herring served pickled, in oil or with cream and onions.
Smoked Baltic fish
Smoked mackerel, flounder and other local fish.
💡 Fish stalls and markets
Goldwasser
A herbal liqueur with flakes of gold leaf, historically associated with Gdańsk.
Baltic amber
Jewellery and ornaments made from fossilised tree resin found along the Baltic coast.
💡 Mariacka Street
Goldwasser
Bottles of the gold-flecked liqueur.
Kashubian embroidery
Folk embroidery from the Kashubia region near Gdańsk, in blues and yellows.
Airport transfer Kiwitaxi
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