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The Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort, Galle
GalleThe Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: Galle by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Galle or St. Petersburg, Florida?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on St. Petersburg, Florida’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, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Galle 50, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Galle 55, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Galle leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Galle 18, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galle 66, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: Galle leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Galle 50, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Galle 42, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Galle 35, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: Galle leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Galle 33, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Galle 72, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: Galle leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galle 10, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galle 70, St. Petersburg, Florida 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 St. Petersburg, Florida.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Galle
48match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

St. Petersburg, Florida
50match

Wins on live music and the arts and families 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

St. Petersburg, Florida in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GalleSt. Petersburg, Florida

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. St. Petersburg, Florida: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Saint Petersburg (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalleSt. Petersburg, Florida
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 m134 m
Main airportBandaranaike International Colombo Airport (CMB)133 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGalleSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population93,118258,308
People per km²-725
Museums within 10 km213
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months8 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.