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Your rainbow panorama on top of ARoS, Aarhus
AarhusYour rainbow panorama on top of ARoS
Galway Cathedral from the River Corrib, Galway
GalwayGalway Cathedral from the River Corrib

Photos: Aarhus by Mozzihh, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Galway by Dieglop, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Aarhus or Galway?

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 Aarhus for

  • culture and sights
  • families
  • getting around

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

Choose Galway for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Galway’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. Aarhus 34, Galway 28: Aarhus leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Aarhus 57, Galway 45: Aarhus leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Aarhus 61, Galway 33: Aarhus leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Aarhus 45, Galway 50: Galway leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aarhus 56, Galway 78: Galway leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Aarhus 63, Galway 56: Aarhus leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Aarhus 70, Galway 42: Aarhus leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Aarhus 75, Galway 58: Aarhus leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Aarhus 47, Galway 38: Aarhus leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Aarhus 22, Galway 28: Galway leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aarhus 55, Galway 57: Galway leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aarhus 44, Galway 28: Aarhus leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aarhus and Galway.

Your match

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

Aarhus
Best match
52match

Wins on culture and sights and families with your weighting.

Galway
45match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Aarhus in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
66 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
17 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Galway in July

20 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
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

Aarhus's temperatures are measured 30 km from the centre, at Tirstrup.

Aarhus 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.

Galway's temperatures are measured 64 km from the centre, at Shannon Airport.

Galway 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aarhus: 1991-2020 normals, Tirstrup (29.8 km from centre). Galway: 1991-2020 normals, Shannon Airport (64.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAarhusGalway
Official languageDanishEnglish, Irish
CurrencyDanish Krone (DKK)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCEFK230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation6 m25 m
Main airportAarhus Airport (AAR)30 km from centre15 non-stop destinationsShannon Airport (SNN)64 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAarhusGalway
City population290,59883,456
People per km²3,1931,563
Museums within 10 km174
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.

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.