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Galway Cathedral from the River Corrib, Galway
GalwayGalway Cathedral from the River Corrib
Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington

Photos: Galway by Dieglop, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0.

Galway or Hobart?

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

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Hobart for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Hobart’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, Hobart 30: Hobart leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Galway 45, Hobart 60: Hobart leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Galway 33, Hobart 56: Hobart leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Galway 50, Hobart 30: Galway leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galway 78, Hobart 85: Hobart leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Galway 56, Hobart 60: Hobart leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Galway 42, Hobart 56: Hobart leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Galway 58, Hobart 45: Galway leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Galway and Hobart are level on 38.
Affordability. Galway 28, Hobart 35: Hobart leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galway 57, Hobart 45: Galway leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galway 28, Hobart 40: Hobart leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galway and Hobart.

Your match

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

Galway
45match

Wins on nightlife and getting around with your weighting.

Hobart
Best match
48match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink 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

Hobart in July

13 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
13 °Csea
9 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). Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalwayHobart
Official languageEnglish, IrishEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number112000
Elevation25 m54 m
Main airportShannon Airport (SNN)64 km from centre39 non-stop destinationsHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureGalwayHobart
City population83,456197,451
People per km²1,563116
Museums within 10 km48
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

Where else could you go?

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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. 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.