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Galway Cathedral from the River Corrib, Galway
GalwayGalway Cathedral from the River Corrib
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Galway by Dieglop, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Galway or The Hague?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose The Hague for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on The Hague’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, The Hague 38: The Hague leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Galway 45, The Hague 48: The Hague leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Galway 33, The Hague 66: The Hague leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Galway 50, The Hague 38: Galway leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galway 78, The Hague 52: Galway leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Galway 56, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Galway 42, The Hague 72: The Hague leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Galway 58, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Galway 38, The Hague 55: The Hague leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Galway 28, The Hague 35: The Hague leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galway 57, The Hague 58: The Hague leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galway 28, The Hague 45: The Hague leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galway and The Hague.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

The Hague
Best match
56match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips 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

The Hague in July

21 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 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.

The Hague 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.

The Hague's sunshine is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Galway: 1991-2020 normals, Shannon Airport (64.2 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalwayThe Hague
Official languageEnglish, IrishDutch
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation25 m1 m
Main airportShannon Airport (SNN)64 km from centre39 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGalwayThe Hague
City population83,456548,320
People per km²1,5635,589
Museums within 10 km454
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
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.