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Galway Cathedral from the River Corrib, Galway
GalwayGalway Cathedral from the River Corrib
The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower

Photos: Galway by Dieglop, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License.

Galway or Pisa?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

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

Choose Pisa for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Pisa’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, Pisa 58: Pisa leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Galway 45, Pisa 55: Pisa leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Galway 33, Pisa 68: Pisa leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Galway 50, Pisa 40: Galway leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galway 78, Pisa 62: Galway leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Galway 56, Pisa 92: Pisa leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Galway 42, Pisa 52: Pisa leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Galway 58, Pisa 76: Pisa leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Galway and Pisa are level on 38.
Affordability. Galway 28, Pisa 55: Pisa leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galway 57, Pisa 38: Galway leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galway 28, Pisa 45: Pisa leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galway and Pisa.

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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Pisa
Best match
57match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights 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

Pisa in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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). Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalwayPisa
Official languageEnglish, IrishItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation25 m4 m
Main airportShannon Airport (SNN)64 km from centre39 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureGalwayPisa
City population83,45688,737
People per km²1,563479
Museums within 10 km427
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 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. 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.