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The Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort, Galle
GalleThe Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort
A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach

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

Galle or Miami?

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
  • wellness
  • day trips

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

Choose Miami for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami’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, Miami 90: Miami leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Galle 50, Miami 72: Miami leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Galle 55, Miami 57: Miami leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Galle 18, Miami 82: Miami leads by 64 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galle 66, Miami 64: Galle leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Galle 50, Miami 42: Galle leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Galle 42, Miami 64: Miami leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Galle and Miami are level on 35.
Shopping & style. Galle 33, Miami 71: Miami leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Galle 72, Miami 27: Galle leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galle 10, Miami 55: Miami leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galle 70, Miami 44: Galle leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galle and Miami.

Your match

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

Galle
48match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Miami
Best match
59match

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

Miami in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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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. Miami: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalleMiami
Official languageTamil, Sinhala-
CurrencySri Lanka Rupee (LKR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsGM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 119, ambulance 110, fire 110911
Elevation0 m2 m
Main airportBandaranaike International Colombo Airport (CMB)133 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGalleMiami
City population93,118442,241
People per km²-3,046
Museums within 10 km217
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. 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.