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Galway Cathedral from the River Corrib, Galway
GalwayGalway Cathedral from the River Corrib
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Galway by Dieglop, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Galway or Tallinn?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • culture and sights
  • wellness
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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 and Tallinn are level on 28.
Food & drink. Galway 45, Tallinn 52: Tallinn leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Galway 33, Tallinn 68: Tallinn leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Galway 50, Tallinn 44: Galway leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galway 78, Tallinn 55: Galway leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Galway 56, Tallinn 58: Tallinn leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Galway 42, Tallinn 60: Tallinn leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Galway 58, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Galway 38, Tallinn 40: Tallinn leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Galway 28, Tallinn 47: Tallinn leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galway 57, Tallinn 50: Galway leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galway 28, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galway and Tallinn.

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 live music and the arts with your weighting.

Tallinn
Best match
52match

Wins on culture and sights and wellness 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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalwayTallinn
Official languageEnglish, IrishEstonian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation25 m28 m
Main airportShannon Airport (SNN)64 km from centre39 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureGalwayTallinn
City population83,456457,572
People per km²1,5632,871
Museums within 10 km416
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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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.