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The Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort, Galle
GalleThe Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort
The Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier, Los Angeles
Los AngelesThe Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier

Photos: Galle by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Los Angeles by Domenico Convertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Galle or Los Angeles?

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
  • beaches
  • getting around

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

Choose Los Angeles for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Los Angeles’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, Los Angeles 60: Galle leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Galle 50, Los Angeles 84: Los Angeles leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Galle 55, Los Angeles 66: Los Angeles leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Galle 18, Los Angeles 67: Los Angeles leads by 49 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galle 66, Los Angeles 80: Los Angeles leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Galle 50, Los Angeles 60: Los Angeles leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Galle 42, Los Angeles 84: Los Angeles leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Galle 35, Los Angeles 25: Galle leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Galle 33, Los Angeles 80: Los Angeles leads by 47 points.
Affordability. Galle 72, Los Angeles 24: Galle leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galle 10, Los Angeles 83: Los Angeles leads by 73 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galle 70, Los Angeles 60: Galle leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galle and Los Angeles.

Your match

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

Galle
48match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Los Angeles
Best match
64match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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

Los Angeles in July

24 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GalleLos Angeles

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. Los Angeles: 1991-2020 normals, Los Angeles Airport (18.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalleLos Angeles
Official languageTamil, Sinhala-
CurrencySri Lanka Rupee (LKR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsGM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 119, ambulance 110, fire 110911
Elevation0 m106 m
Main airportBandaranaike International Colombo Airport (CMB)133 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsLos Angeles International Airport (LAX)19 km from centre177 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureGalleLos Angeles
City population93,1183,898,747
People per km²-2,994
Museums within 10 km239
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.