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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
Galway Cathedral from the River Corrib, Galway
GalwayGalway Cathedral from the River Corrib

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Galway by Dieglop, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Delhi 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 Delhi for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Galway for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • families

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. Delhi 4, Galway 28: Galway leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Galway 45: Delhi leads by 39 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Galway 33: Delhi leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Galway 50: Galway leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Galway 78: Galway leads by 58 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Galway 56: Delhi leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Galway 42: Galway leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Galway 58: Galway leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Galway 38: Delhi leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Galway 28: Delhi leads by 62 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Galway 57: Galway leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Galway 28: Galway leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Galway.

Your match

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

Delhi
Best match
53match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Galway
45match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Delhi in July

36 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
190 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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

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. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Galway: 1991-2020 normals, Shannon Airport (64.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiGalway
Official languageHindi, EnglishEnglish, Irish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation221 m25 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsShannon Airport (SNN)64 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiGalway
City population26,495,00083,456
People per km²18,9621,563
Museums within 10 km234
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.