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The Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort, Galle
GalleThe Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort
A boat in the swell beside El Arco, Los Cabos
Los CabosA boat in the swell beside El Arco

Photos: Galle by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Los Cabos by Jules Clark, Pexels License.

Galle or Los Cabos?

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 Los Cabos for

  • nightlife
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Los Cabos’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 Cabos 84: Los Cabos leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Galle 50, Los Cabos 54: Los Cabos leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Galle 55, Los Cabos 20: Galle leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Galle 18, Los Cabos 66: Los Cabos leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galle 66, Los Cabos 78: Los Cabos leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Galle 50, Los Cabos 42: Galle leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Galle 42, Los Cabos 55: Los Cabos leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Galle 35, Los Cabos 28: Galle leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Galle 33, Los Cabos 36: Los Cabos leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Galle 72, Los Cabos 28: Galle leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galle 10, Los Cabos 12: Los Cabos leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galle 70, Los Cabos 58: Galle leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galle and Los Cabos.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Galle
48match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Los Cabos
47match

Wins on nightlife and families 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 Cabos in July

30 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
19 mmrain in the month
26 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GalleLos Cabos

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.

Los Cabos 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 Cabos: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureGalleLos Cabos
Official languageTamil, SinhalaSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencySri Lanka Rupee (LKR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsGM230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-7
Emergency numberPolice 119, ambulance 110, fire 110911
Elevation0 m11 m
Main airportBandaranaike International Colombo Airport (CMB)133 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsLos Cabos International Airport (SJD)35 km from centre54 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-9 days

By the numbers

MeasureGalleLos Cabos
City population93,118202,694
Museums within 10 km21
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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. 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.