Photos: Galle by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Huntington Beach by Stephen Leonardi, Pexels License.
Galle or Huntington Beach?
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
- prices
- culture and sights
- wellness
What lies behind each score is written up on Galle’s own page.
Choose Huntington Beach for
- families
- live music and the arts
- nightlife
What lies behind each score is written up on Huntington Beach’s own page.
Scoreboard
Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galle and Huntington Beach.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.
Wins on families and live music and the arts 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
Huntington Beach in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
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. Huntington Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (12.3 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Galle | Huntington Beach |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | Tamil, Sinhala | - |
| Currency | Sri Lanka Rupee (LKR) | US Dollar (USD) |
| Sockets | GM230 V, 50 Hz | AB120 V, 60 Hz |
| Driving side | Left | Right |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 | UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer |
| Emergency number | Police 119, ambulance 110, fire 110 | 911 |
| Elevation | 0 m | 12 m |
| Main airport | Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport (CMB)133 km from centre56 non-stop destinations | John Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)12 km from centre53 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | - | 13 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Galle | Huntington Beach |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 93,118 | 198,711 |
| People per km² | - | 2,406 |
| Museums within 10 km | 2 | 3 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 2 | 0 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | 12 months | None |
Where else could you go?
Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Galle or Huntington Beach somewhere new.