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Galway Cathedral from the River Corrib, Galway
GalwayGalway Cathedral from the River Corrib
The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat

Photos: Galway by Dieglop, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Geneva by Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Galway or Geneva?

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 Galway for

  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Geneva for

  • shopping
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Geneva’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. Galway 28, Geneva 45: Geneva leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Galway 45, Geneva 55: Geneva leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Galway 33, Geneva 58: Geneva leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Galway 50, Geneva 38: Galway leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galway 78, Geneva 82: Geneva leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Galway 56, Geneva 80: Geneva leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Galway 42, Geneva 57: Geneva leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Galway 58, Geneva 86: Geneva leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Galway 38, Geneva 68: Geneva leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Galway 28, Geneva 5: Galway leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galway 57, Geneva 60: Geneva leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galway 28, Geneva 55: Geneva leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galway and Geneva.

Your match

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

Galway
45match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Geneva
Best match
57match

Wins on shopping 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.

Galway in July

20 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Geneva in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
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

Galway's temperatures are measured 64 km from the centre, at Shannon Airport.

Galway has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Galway: 1991-2020 normals, Shannon Airport (64.2 km from centre). Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalwayGeneva
Official languageEnglish, IrishFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation25 m403 m
Main airportShannon Airport (SNN)64 km from centre39 non-stop destinationsGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureGalwayGeneva
City population83,456211,152
People per km²1,56313,280
Museums within 10 km434
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.