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The Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort, Galle
GalleThe Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Galle by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Galle or Savannah?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose Savannah for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Savannah’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, Savannah 55: Galle leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Galle 50, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Galle 55, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Galle 18, Savannah 52: Savannah leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galle 66, Savannah 48: Galle leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Galle 50, Savannah 60: Savannah leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Galle 42, Savannah 50: Savannah leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Galle 35, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Galle 33, Savannah 42: Savannah leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Galle 72, Savannah 35: Galle leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galle 10, Savannah 40: Savannah leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galle 70, Savannah 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 Savannah.

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.

Savannah
Best match
51match

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

Savannah in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
144 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. Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalleSavannah
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 m15 m
Main airportBandaranaike International Colombo Airport (CMB)133 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureGalleSavannah
City population93,118147,780
People per km²-524
Museums within 10 km219
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months6 months

Where else could you go?

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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.