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The Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort, Galle
GalleThe Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort
Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas

Photos: Galle by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Galle or Maastricht?

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
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Maastricht for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Maastricht’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, Maastricht 8: Galle leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Galle 50, Maastricht 58: Maastricht leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Galle 55, Maastricht 60: Maastricht leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Galle 18, Maastricht 42: Maastricht leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galle 66, Maastricht 58: Galle leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Galle 50, Maastricht 77: Maastricht leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Galle 42, Maastricht 55: Maastricht leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Galle 35, Maastricht 74: Maastricht leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Galle 33, Maastricht 60: Maastricht leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Galle 72, Maastricht 38: Galle leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galle 10, Maastricht 40: Maastricht leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galle 70, Maastricht 52: Galle leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galle and Maastricht.

Your match

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

Galle
48match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Maastricht
Best match
52match

Wins on getting around 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
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GalleMaastricht

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. Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalleMaastricht
Official languageTamil, SinhalaDutch
CurrencySri Lanka Rupee (LKR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsGM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 119, ambulance 110, fire 110112
Elevation0 m49 m
Main airportBandaranaike International Colombo Airport (CMB)133 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGalleMaastricht
City population93,118120,227
People per km²-2,000
Museums within 10 km221
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km25
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). 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.