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The Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort, Galle
GalleThe Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort
A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane

Photos: Galle by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Galle or Gdansk?

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 Galle for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Gdansk for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Gdansk’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. Galle 80, Gdansk 40: Galle leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Galle and Gdansk are level on 50.
Culture & sights. Galle 55, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Galle 18, Gdansk 52: Gdansk leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galle 66, Gdansk 58: Galle leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Galle 50, Gdansk 62: Gdansk leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Galle 42, Gdansk 62: Gdansk leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Galle 35, Gdansk 72: Gdansk leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Galle 33, Gdansk 42: Gdansk leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Galle 72, Gdansk 68: Galle leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galle 10, Gdansk 52: Gdansk leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galle 70, Gdansk 36: Galle leads by 34 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galle and Gdansk.

Your match

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

Galle
48match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Gdansk
Best match
55match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Galle in July

28 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
116 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Gdansk in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Galle has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Gdansk 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.

Gdansk's sunshine is measured 55 km from the centre, at Elblag.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Galle: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalleGdansk
Official languageTamil, SinhalaPolish
CurrencySri Lanka Rupee (LKR)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsGM230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 119, ambulance 110, fire 110112
Elevation0 m11 m
Main airportBandaranaike International Colombo Airport (CMB)133 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureGalleGdansk
City population93,118487,834
People per km²-714
Museums within 10 km234
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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). 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.