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Galway Cathedral from the River Corrib, Galway
GalwayGalway Cathedral from the River Corrib
The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town

Photos: Galway by Dieglop, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License.

Galway or Kotor?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Kotor for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Kotor’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, Kotor 57: Kotor leads by 29 points.
Food & drink. Galway 45, Kotor 37: Galway leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Galway 33, Kotor 55: Kotor leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Galway 50, Kotor 30: Galway leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galway 78, Kotor 80: Kotor leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Galway 56, Kotor 72: Kotor leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Galway 42, Kotor 36: Galway leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Galway 58, Kotor 48: Galway leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Galway 38, Kotor 20: Galway leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Galway 28, Kotor 57: Kotor leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galway 57, Kotor 20: Galway leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galway 28, Kotor 24: Galway leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galway and Kotor.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Galway
45match

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

Kotor
45match

Wins on beaches and prices 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

Kotor in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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.

Kotor 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.

Kotor's sunshine is measured 42 km from the centre, at Podgorica-Grad.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Galway: 1991-2020 normals, Shannon Airport (64.2 km from centre). Kotor: 1991-2020 normals, Tivat (4.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalwayKotor
Official languageEnglish, IrishMontenegrin
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 m10 m
Main airportShannon Airport (SNN)64 km from centre39 non-stop destinationsTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureGalwayKotor
City population83,456562
People per km²1,563-
Museums within 10 km43
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 months

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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. 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.