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Galway Cathedral from the River Corrib, Galway
GalwayGalway Cathedral from the River Corrib
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Galway by Dieglop, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Galway or Mumbai?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Mumbai’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, Mumbai 18: Galway leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Galway 45, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Galway 33, Mumbai 70: Mumbai leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Galway 50, Mumbai 52: Mumbai leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galway 78, Mumbai 55: Galway leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Galway 56, Mumbai 48: Galway leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Galway 42, Mumbai 35: Galway leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Galway 58, Mumbai 38: Galway leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Galway 38, Mumbai 66: Mumbai leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Galway 28, Mumbai 72: Mumbai leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galway 57, Mumbai 55: Galway leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galway 28, Mumbai 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 Mumbai.

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.

Mumbai
Best match
51match

Wins on prices and food and drink 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

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalwayMumbai
Official languageEnglish, IrishHindi, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number112108 or 112
Elevation25 m14 m
Main airportShannon Airport (SNN)64 km from centre39 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureGalwayMumbai
City population83,45615,414,288
People per km²1,56325,563
Museums within 10 km41
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.