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Galway Cathedral from the River Corrib, Galway
GalwayGalway Cathedral from the River Corrib
The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above

Photos: Galway by Dieglop, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Galway or Marmaris?

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
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Marmaris for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Marmaris’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, Marmaris 80: Marmaris leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Galway 45, Marmaris 40: Galway leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Galway 33, Marmaris 18: Galway leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Galway 50, Marmaris 60: Marmaris leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galway 78, Marmaris 72: Galway leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Galway 56, Marmaris 65: Marmaris leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Galway 42, Marmaris 62: Marmaris leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Galway 58, Marmaris 55: Galway leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Galway and Marmaris are level on 38.
Affordability. Galway 28, Marmaris 62: Marmaris leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galway 57, Marmaris 12: Galway leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galway 28, Marmaris 50: Marmaris leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galway and Marmaris.

Your match

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

Galway
45match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Marmaris
Best match
51match

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

Marmaris in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
8 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 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.

Marmaris's temperatures are measured 49 km from the centre, at Dalaman.

Marmaris 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). Marmaris: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (48.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalwayMarmaris
Official languageEnglish, IrishTurkish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112112
Elevation25 m7 m
Main airportShannon Airport (SNN)64 km from centre39 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureGalwayMarmaris
City population83,45697,818
People per km²1,563111
Museums within 10 km41
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone6 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.