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The Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort, Galle
GalleThe Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

Photos: Galle by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Vancouver by Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Galle or Vancouver?

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
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose Vancouver for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Vancouver’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, Vancouver 42: Galle leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Galle 50, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Galle 55, Vancouver 42: Galle leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Galle 18, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galle 66, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Galle 50, Vancouver 45: Galle leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Galle 42, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Galle 35, Vancouver 73: Vancouver leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Galle 33, Vancouver 55: Vancouver leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Galle 72, Vancouver 27: Galle leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galle 10, Vancouver 52: Vancouver leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galle 70, Vancouver 50: Galle leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galle and Vancouver.

Your match

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

Galle
48match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Vancouver
Best match
56match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around 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

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 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. Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalleVancouver
Official languageTamil, SinhalaFrench, English
CurrencySri Lanka Rupee (LKR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsGM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 119, ambulance 110, fire 110911
Elevation0 m2 m
Main airportBandaranaike International Colombo Airport (CMB)133 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGalleVancouver
City population93,118662,248
People per km²-5,759
Museums within 10 km226
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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.