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Galway Cathedral from the River Corrib, Galway
GalwayGalway Cathedral from the River Corrib
Mountain Village under snow, seen from the gondola, Telluride
TellurideMountain Village under snow, seen from the gondola

Photos: Galway by Dieglop, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Telluride by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Galway or Telluride?

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

  • nightlife
  • day trips
  • beaches

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

Choose Telluride for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Telluride’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, Telluride 5: Galway leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Galway 45, Telluride 38: Galway leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Galway 33, Telluride 20: Galway leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Galway 50, Telluride 20: Galway leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galway 78, Telluride 93: Telluride leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Galway 56, Telluride 30: Galway leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Galway 42, Telluride 45: Telluride leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Galway 58, Telluride 66: Telluride leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Galway 38, Telluride 25: Galway leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Galway 28, Telluride 7: Galway leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galway 57, Telluride 35: Galway leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galway 28, Telluride 45: Telluride leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galway and Telluride.

Your match

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

Galway
Best match
45match

Wins on nightlife and day trips with your weighting.

Telluride
36match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors 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

Telluride in July

23 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
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.

Telluride 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). Telluride: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Telluride / Lime (8.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalwayTelluride
Official languageEnglish, Irish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation25 m2,667 m
Main airportShannon Airport (SNN)64 km from centre39 non-stop destinationsMontrose Regional Airport (MTJ)64 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureGalwayTelluride
City population83,4562,607
People per km²1,5631,372
Museums within 10 km40
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. 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.