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Galway Cathedral from the River Corrib, Galway
GalwayGalway Cathedral from the River Corrib
Colourful houses along the Inn, Innsbruck
InnsbruckColourful houses along the Inn

Photos: Galway by Dieglop, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Innsbruck by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License.

Galway or Innsbruck?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

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

Choose Innsbruck for

  • culture and sights
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Innsbruck’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, Innsbruck 20: Galway leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Galway 45, Innsbruck 40: Galway leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Galway 33, Innsbruck 58: Innsbruck leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Galway 50, Innsbruck 38: Galway leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galway 78, Innsbruck 96: Innsbruck leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Galway 56, Innsbruck 72: Innsbruck leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Galway 42, Innsbruck 62: Innsbruck leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Galway 58, Innsbruck 78: Innsbruck leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Galway and Innsbruck are level on 38.
Affordability. Galway 28, Innsbruck 38: Innsbruck leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galway 57, Innsbruck 45: Galway leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galway 28, Innsbruck 45: Innsbruck leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galway and Innsbruck.

Your match

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

Galway
45match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Innsbruck
Best match
53match

Wins on culture and sights and families 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

Innsbruck in July

26 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
129 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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

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). Innsbruck: 1991-2020 normals, Innsbruck-Flughafen (3.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalwayInnsbruck
Official languageEnglish, IrishGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation25 m574 m
Main airportShannon Airport (SNN)64 km from centre39 non-stop destinationsInnsbruck Airport (INN)4 km from centre40 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureGalwayInnsbruck
City population83,456132,499
People per km²1,5631,263
Museums within 10 km428
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.