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Galway Cathedral from the River Corrib, Galway
GalwayGalway Cathedral from the River Corrib
A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach

Photos: Galway by Dieglop, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Miami by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Galway or Miami?

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

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Miami for

  • beaches
  • shopping
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami’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, Miami 90: Miami leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Galway 45, Miami 72: Miami leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Galway 33, Miami 57: Miami leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Galway 50, Miami 82: Miami leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galway 78, Miami 64: Galway leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Galway 56, Miami 42: Galway leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Galway 42, Miami 64: Miami leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Galway 58, Miami 35: Galway leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Galway 38, Miami 71: Miami leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Galway 28, Miami 27: Galway leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galway 57, Miami 55: Galway leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galway 28, Miami 44: Miami leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galway and Miami.

Your match

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

Galway
45match

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

Miami
Best match
59match

Wins on beaches and shopping 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

Miami in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Galway: 1991-2020 normals, Shannon Airport (64.2 km from centre). Miami: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalwayMiami
Official languageEnglish, Irish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation25 m2 m
Main airportShannon Airport (SNN)64 km from centre39 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGalwayMiami
City population83,456442,241
People per km²1,5633,046
Museums within 10 km417
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 months

Where else could you go?

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.