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The Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort, Galle
GalleThe Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort
Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington

Photos: Galle by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0.

Galle or Hobart?

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
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Hobart for

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Hobart’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, Hobart 30: Galle leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Galle 50, Hobart 60: Hobart leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Galle 55, Hobart 56: Hobart leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Galle 18, Hobart 30: Hobart leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galle 66, Hobart 85: Hobart leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Galle 50, Hobart 60: Hobart leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Galle 42, Hobart 56: Hobart leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Galle 35, Hobart 45: Hobart leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Galle 33, Hobart 38: Hobart leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Galle 72, Hobart 35: Galle leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galle 10, Hobart 45: Hobart leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galle 70, Hobart 40: Galle leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galle and Hobart.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Galle
48match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Hobart
48match

Wins on live music and the arts and nature and the outdoors 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

Hobart in July

13 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
13 °Csea
9 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.

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. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalleHobart
Official languageTamil, SinhalaEnglish
CurrencySri Lanka Rupee (LKR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsGM230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 119, ambulance 110, fire 110000
Elevation0 m54 m
Main airportBandaranaike International Colombo Airport (CMB)133 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-9 days

By the numbers

MeasureGalleHobart
City population93,118197,451
People per km²-116
Museums within 10 km28
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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. 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.