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Galway Cathedral from the River Corrib, Galway
GalwayGalway Cathedral from the River Corrib
Vine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley, Mendoza
MendozaVine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley

Photos: Galway by Dieglop, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mendoza by David, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Galway or Mendoza?

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
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Mendoza for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Mendoza’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, Mendoza 6: Galway leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Galway 45, Mendoza 68: Mendoza leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Galway 33, Mendoza 30: Galway leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Galway 50, Mendoza 40: Galway leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galway 78, Mendoza 83: Mendoza leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Galway 56, Mendoza 52: Galway leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Galway and Mendoza are level on 42.
Getting around. Galway 58, Mendoza 48: Galway leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Galway 38, Mendoza 33: Galway leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Galway 28, Mendoza 56: Mendoza leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galway 57, Mendoza 33: Galway leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galway 28, Mendoza 55: Mendoza leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galway and Mendoza.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Galway
45match

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

Mendoza
46match

Wins on prices and wellness 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

Mendoza in July

15 °Cdaytime high
2 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
10 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). Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalwayMendoza
Official languageEnglish, IrishSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112117 or 911
Elevation25 m769 m
Main airportShannon Airport (SNN)64 km from centre39 non-stop destinationsGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureGalwayMendoza
City population83,456127,160
People per km²1,5632,355
Museums within 10 km41
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.