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Galway Cathedral from the River Corrib, Galway
GalwayGalway Cathedral from the River Corrib
The boardwalk at Delaware Avenue, Rehoboth Beach
Rehoboth BeachThe boardwalk at Delaware Avenue

Photos: Galway by Dieglop, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Rehoboth Beach by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Galway or Rehoboth Beach?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Rehoboth Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Rehoboth Beach’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, Rehoboth Beach 70: Rehoboth Beach leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Galway 45, Rehoboth Beach 44: Galway leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Galway 33, Rehoboth Beach 14: Galway leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Galway 50, Rehoboth Beach 40: Galway leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galway 78, Rehoboth Beach 50: Galway leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Galway 56, Rehoboth Beach 50: Galway leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Galway 42, Rehoboth Beach 70: Rehoboth Beach leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Galway 58, Rehoboth Beach 50: Galway leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Galway 38, Rehoboth Beach 45: Rehoboth Beach leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Galway 28, Rehoboth Beach 32: Rehoboth Beach leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galway 57, Rehoboth Beach 28: Galway leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galway 28, Rehoboth Beach 32: Rehoboth Beach leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galway and Rehoboth Beach.

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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Rehoboth Beach
44match

Wins on beaches 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

Rehoboth Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
92 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
23 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GalwayRehoboth Beach

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.

Rehoboth Beach 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). Rehoboth Beach: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Georgetown / Rogers Development (24.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalwayRehoboth Beach
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 m5 m
Main airportShannon Airport (SNN)64 km from centre39 non-stop destinationsSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)56 km from centre4 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureGalwayRehoboth Beach
City population83,4561,108
People per km²1,563258
Museums within 10 km42
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone3 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.