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Galway Cathedral from the River Corrib, Galway
GalwayGalway Cathedral from the River Corrib
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Galway by Dieglop, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Galway or Lima?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Lima for

  • food and drink
  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Lima’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, Lima 42: Lima leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Galway 45, Lima 88: Lima leads by 43 points.
Culture & sights. Galway 33, Lima 66: Lima leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Galway 50, Lima 62: Lima leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galway 78, Lima 45: Galway leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Galway 56, Lima 34: Galway leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Galway and Lima are level on 42.
Getting around. Galway 58, Lima 35: Galway leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Galway 38, Lima 52: Lima leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Galway 28, Lima 70: Lima leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galway 57, Lima 53: Galway leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galway 28, Lima 25: Galway leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galway and Lima.

Your match

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

Galway
45match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Lima
Best match
51match

Wins on food and drink 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

Lima in July

19 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
1 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
12 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). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalwayLima
Official languageEnglish, IrishSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Sol (PEN)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112111 or 911
Elevation25 m154 m
Main airportShannon Airport (SNN)64 km from centre39 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureGalwayLima
City population83,4569,943,800
People per km²1,5633,721
Museums within 10 km447
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone2 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. 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.