Photos: Galle by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License.
Galle or Kotor?
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 Kotor for
- day trips
- nature and the outdoors
- getting around
What lies behind each score is written up on Kotor’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 Kotor.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on wellness and beaches with your weighting.
Wins on day trips 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
Kotor 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.
Kotor 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.
Kotor's sunshine is measured 42 km from the centre, at Podgorica-Grad.
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. Kotor: 1991-2020 normals, Tivat (4.2 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Galle | Kotor |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | Tamil, Sinhala | Montenegrin |
| Currency | Sri Lanka Rupee (LKR) | Euro (EUR) |
| Sockets | GM230 V, 50 Hz | CF230 V, 50 Hz |
| Driving side | Left | Right |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 | UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer |
| Emergency number | Police 119, ambulance 110, fire 110 | 112 |
| Elevation | 0 m | 10 m |
| Main airport | Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport (CMB)133 km from centre56 non-stop destinations | Tivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinations |
By the numbers
| Measure | Galle | Kotor |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 93,118 | 562 |
| Museums within 10 km | 2 | 3 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 2 | 3 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | 12 months | 5 months |
Where else could you go?
Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Galle or Kotor somewhere new.