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Galway Cathedral from the River Corrib, Galway
GalwayGalway Cathedral from the River Corrib
The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower

Photos: Galway by Dieglop, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Galway or Nairobi?

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
  • day trips
  • beaches

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

Choose Nairobi for

  • prices
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Nairobi’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, Nairobi 4: Galway leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Galway 45, Nairobi 48: Nairobi leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Galway 33, Nairobi 35: Nairobi leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Galway 50, Nairobi 58: Nairobi leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galway 78, Nairobi 84: Nairobi leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Galway 56, Nairobi 28: Galway leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Galway 42, Nairobi 55: Nairobi leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Galway 58, Nairobi 20: Galway leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Galway 38, Nairobi 45: Nairobi leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Galway 28, Nairobi 60: Nairobi leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galway 57, Nairobi 35: Galway leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galway 28, Nairobi 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 Nairobi.

Your match

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

Galway
Best match
45match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Nairobi
41match

Wins on prices and families 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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalwayNairobi
Official languageEnglish, IrishEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation25 m1,661 m
Main airportShannon Airport (SNN)64 km from centre39 non-stop destinationsJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureGalwayNairobi
City population83,4565,545,000
People per km²1,5637,967
Museums within 10 km44
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.