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The Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort, Galle
GalleThe Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Galle by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Galle or Tokyo?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Galle leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Galle 50, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 48 points.
Culture & sights. Galle 55, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Galle 18, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 68 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galle 66, Tokyo 68: Tokyo leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Galle 50, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Galle 42, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 53 points.
Getting around. Galle 35, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 63 points.
Shopping & style. Galle 33, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 66 points.
Affordability. Galle 72, Tokyo 48: Galle leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galle 10, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 76 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galle 70, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galle and Tokyo.

Your match

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

Galle
48match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on live music and the arts 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
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GalleTokyo

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. Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalleTokyo
Official languageTamil, SinhalaJapanese
CurrencySri Lanka Rupee (LKR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsGM230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 119, ambulance 110, fire 110Police 110, fire 119
Elevation0 m6 m
Main airportBandaranaike International Colombo Airport (CMB)133 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureGalleTokyo
City population93,11814,264,798
People per km²-6,501
Museums within 10 km2192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 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.