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The Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort, Galle
GalleThe Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort
The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square

Photos: Galle by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Galle or Krakow?

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 Krakow for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Krakow’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, Krakow 9: Galle leads by 71 points.
Food & drink. Galle 50, Krakow 55: Krakow leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Galle 55, Krakow 77: Krakow leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Galle 18, Krakow 68: Krakow leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galle 66, Krakow 62: Galle leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Galle 50, Krakow 76: Krakow leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Galle 42, Krakow 58: Krakow leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Galle 35, Krakow 74: Krakow leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Galle 33, Krakow 48: Krakow leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Galle and Krakow are level on 72.
Live music & performing arts. Galle 10, Krakow 55: Krakow leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galle 70, Krakow 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 Krakow.

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.

Krakow
Best match
58match

Wins on nightlife 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

28 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
116 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Krakow in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
100 mmrain in the month
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GalleKrakow

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. Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalleKrakow
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 m219 m
Main airportBandaranaike International Colombo Airport (CMB)133 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureGalleKrakow
City population93,118804,237
People per km²-2,459
Museums within 10 km2113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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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.