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The Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort, Galle
GalleThe Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort
Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town

Photos: Galle by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License.

Galle or Tbilisi?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Tbilisi for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Tbilisi’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, Tbilisi 7: Galle leads by 73 points.
Food & drink. Galle 50, Tbilisi 72: Tbilisi leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Galle 55, Tbilisi 62: Tbilisi leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Galle 18, Tbilisi 70: Tbilisi leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galle 66, Tbilisi 58: Galle leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Galle 50, Tbilisi 77: Tbilisi leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Galle 42, Tbilisi 45: Tbilisi leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Galle 35, Tbilisi 52: Tbilisi leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Galle 33, Tbilisi 42: Tbilisi leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Galle 72, Tbilisi 80: Tbilisi leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galle 10, Tbilisi 57: Tbilisi leads by 47 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galle 70, Tbilisi 66: Galle leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galle and Tbilisi.

Your match

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

Galle
48match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Tbilisi
Best match
57match

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

Tbilisi in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
34 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 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. Tbilisi: 1991-2020 normals, Tbilisi (13.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalleTbilisi
Official languageTamil, SinhalaGeorgian
CurrencySri Lanka Rupee (LKR)Lari (GEL)
SocketsGM230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+4
Emergency numberPolice 119, ambulance 110, fire 110112
Elevation0 m575 m
Main airportBandaranaike International Colombo Airport (CMB)133 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-17 days

By the numbers

MeasureGalleTbilisi
City population93,1181,331,485
People per km²-1,849
Museums within 10 km229
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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). Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.