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The Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort, Galle
GalleThe Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort
Barlas Island in Honda Bay, Puerto Princesa
Puerto PrincesaBarlas Island in Honda Bay

Photos: Galle by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Puerto Princesa by Ray in Manila, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Galle or Puerto Princesa?

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

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

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

Choose Puerto Princesa for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Princesa’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, Puerto Princesa 58: Galle leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Galle 50, Puerto Princesa 38: Galle leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Galle 55, Puerto Princesa 22: Galle leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Galle 18, Puerto Princesa 26: Puerto Princesa leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galle 66, Puerto Princesa 80: Puerto Princesa leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Galle 50, Puerto Princesa 12: Galle leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Galle 42, Puerto Princesa 45: Puerto Princesa leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Galle 35, Puerto Princesa 30: Galle leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Galle 33, Puerto Princesa 20: Galle leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Galle 72, Puerto Princesa 78: Puerto Princesa leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galle and Puerto Princesa are level on 10.
Wellness & relaxation. Galle 70, Puerto Princesa 40: Galle leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galle and Puerto Princesa.

Your match

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

Galle
Best match
48match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Puerto Princesa
38match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Puerto Princesa in July

29 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
216 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GallePuerto Princesa

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.

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

Before you go

MeasureGallePuerto Princesa
Official languageTamil, SinhalaEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencySri Lanka Rupee (LKR)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsGM230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 119, ambulance 110, fire 110911
Elevation0 m98 m
Main airportBandaranaike International Colombo Airport (CMB)133 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsPuerto Princesa International Airport / PAF Antonio Bautista Air Base (PPS)2 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-18 days

By the numbers

MeasureGallePuerto Princesa
City population93,118316,384
People per km²-133
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.