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The Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort, Galle
GalleThe Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort
Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour

Photos: Galle by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License.

Galle or La Spezia?

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

  • wellness
  • prices
  • beaches

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

Choose La Spezia for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on La Spezia’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, La Spezia 60: Galle leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Galle 50, La Spezia 58: La Spezia leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Galle 55, La Spezia 40: Galle leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Galle 18, La Spezia 28: La Spezia leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galle 66, La Spezia 79: La Spezia leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Galle 50, La Spezia 87: La Spezia leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Galle 42, La Spezia 48: La Spezia leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Galle 35, La Spezia 70: La Spezia leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Galle 33, La Spezia 35: La Spezia leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Galle 72, La Spezia 50: Galle leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galle 10, La Spezia 28: La Spezia leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galle 70, La Spezia 32: Galle leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galle and La Spezia.

Your match

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

Galle
48match

Wins on wellness and prices with your weighting.

La Spezia
Best match
51match

Wins on day trips 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

La Spezia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
20 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GalleLa Spezia

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.

La Spezia's temperatures are measured 65 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

La Spezia 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.

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. La Spezia: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (64.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalleLa Spezia
Official languageTamil, SinhalaItalian
CurrencySri Lanka Rupee (LKR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsGM230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 119, ambulance 110, fire 110112
Elevation0 m3 m
Main airportBandaranaike International Colombo Airport (CMB)133 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureGalleLa Spezia
City population93,11892,119
People per km²-1,792
Museums within 10 km212
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 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). Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.