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The Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort, Galle
GalleThe Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort
Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves

Photos: Galle by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Galle or Oaxaca?

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
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Oaxaca for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Oaxaca’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, Oaxaca 5: Galle leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. Galle 50, Oaxaca 84: Oaxaca leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Galle 55, Oaxaca 74: Oaxaca leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Galle 18, Oaxaca 40: Oaxaca leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galle 66, Oaxaca 62: Galle leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Galle 50, Oaxaca 65: Oaxaca leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Galle 42, Oaxaca 40: Galle leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Galle 35, Oaxaca 55: Oaxaca leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Galle 33, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Galle 72, Oaxaca 77: Oaxaca leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galle 10, Oaxaca 38: Oaxaca leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galle 70, Oaxaca 50: Galle leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galle and Oaxaca.

Your match

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

Galle
48match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Oaxaca
Best match
54match

Wins on food and drink and shopping 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

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GalleOaxaca

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. Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalleOaxaca
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-6
Emergency numberPolice 119, ambulance 110, fire 110911
Elevation0 m1,555 m
Main airportBandaranaike International Colombo Airport (CMB)133 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-9 days

By the numbers

MeasureGalleOaxaca
City population93,118258,913
People per km²-3,028
Museums within 10 km210
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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. 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.