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Galway Cathedral from the River Corrib, Galway
GalwayGalway Cathedral from the River Corrib
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Galway by Dieglop, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Galway or Ushuaia?

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
  • day trips
  • nightlife

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

Choose Ushuaia for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Ushuaia’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, Ushuaia 3: Galway leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Galway 45, Ushuaia 40: Galway leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Galway 33, Ushuaia 22: Galway leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Galway 50, Ushuaia 18: Galway leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galway 78, Ushuaia 88: Ushuaia leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Galway 56, Ushuaia 14: Galway leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Galway 42, Ushuaia 40: Galway leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Galway 58, Ushuaia 45: Galway leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Galway 38, Ushuaia 22: Galway leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Galway 28, Ushuaia 42: Ushuaia leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galway 57, Ushuaia 10: Galway leads by 47 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galway 28, Ushuaia 26: Galway leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galway and Ushuaia.

Your match

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

Galway
Best match
45match

Wins on live music and the arts and day trips with your weighting.

Ushuaia
31match

Wins on prices 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

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
No seasea
8 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). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalwayUshuaia
Official languageEnglish, IrishSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112117 or 911
Elevation25 m23 m
Main airportShannon Airport (SNN)64 km from centre39 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureGalwayUshuaia
City population83,45682,615
People per km²1,5633,592
Museums within 10 km45
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.