# Best Driving Test Centre in Galway 2026: Pass Rates & Wait Times | Test Centres Ireland > Compare all 6 RSA driving test centres in Galway. Highest pass rate: Clifden (67.9%). Shortest wait: Galway (7wk). Live CSO data 2026. Source: https://testcentres.ie/guides/best-driving-test-centre-galway/ Galway Guide · Updated August 2026 # Best Driving Test Centre in Galway 2026 Galway has two centres in the city itself (Carnmore and the Clybaun Hotel) plus four county centres at Loughrea, Tuam, and Clifden. Carnmore is the long-established main centre; the others vary widely in waits and pass rates. Centres 6 in Co. Galway Avg Pass Rate 61% across all centres Avg Wait 11wk across all centres Top Pass Rate 67.9% Clifden Our Pick ## Best Overall: [Loughrea](https://testcentres.ie/loughrea) Loughrea combines a strong **63.6% pass rate** with a relatively short **10-week waiting list** — the best balance of the two among Co. Galway centres with current data. Address: Loughrea, Co. Galway. The "best" centre is whichever combination of pass rate and waiting time fits your timeline. The full ranking below lets you weight the trade-off yourself. ## All Driving Test Centres in Galway, Ranked by Pass Rate Every active RSA test centre in Co. Galway, sorted by current Category B (car) pass rate. Click any centre for monthly trends, route maps, and full statistics. Centre Pass Rate Wait [ Clifden Clifden, Co. Galway 67.9% 16wk › ](https://testcentres.ie/clifden)[ Loughrea Loughrea, Co. Galway 63.6% 10wk › ](https://testcentres.ie/loughrea)[ Galway In City Carnmore, Galway 63.2% 7wk › ](https://testcentres.ie/galway)[ Galway (Clybaun Hotel) In City Clybaun Hotel, Galway 55.8% 10wk › ](https://testcentres.ie/galway-clybaun)[ Tuam Tuam, Co. Galway 54.3% 12wk › ](https://testcentres.ie/tuam)[ Loughrea (Hotel & Spa) Lough Rea Hotel & Spa, Loughrea, Co. Galway — — › ](https://testcentres.ie/loughrea-hotel) ## How to Choose the Right Galway Test Centre Three factors should drive your choice, roughly in this order: 1. **Waiting time** — if you need to drive for work or college, waiting an extra 3 months is rarely worth a few extra percentage points of pass rate. Check the wait column in the table above. 2. **Pass rate** — within centres that have a workable wait, lean toward the one with a higher pass rate. The differences between centres are real and persistent over time. 3. **Familiarity with the routes** — this is the single biggest thing you can directly control. Each centre uses a fixed set of test routes around it. Practising those exact routes is the closest thing to a sure-fire preparation step. The **Driving Test Routes Ireland** app maps every active route at all 60 centres. Many learners pick the centre nearest home. That's reasonable, but if your local centre has a 6-month wait and a 40% pass rate while a centre an hour away has a 6-week wait and a 65% pass rate, the maths is straightforward. ### Prepare for Galway with Real Routes The only Irish driving test app with CarPlay, real-time speed limit alerts, stop sign detection, and AI-powered drive analysis. 300+ routes across all RSA centres. [![Download on the App Store](https://testcentres.ie/images/app-store-badge.svg)](https://apps.apple.com/ie/app/driving-test-routes-ireland/id6755083557) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### Which driving test centre in Galway has the highest pass rate? [Clifden](https://testcentres.ie/clifden) currently has the highest Category B pass rate in Co. Galway at **67.9%**, based on the latest monthly CSO data (August 2026). ### Which Galway test centre has the shortest wait? [Galway](https://testcentres.ie/galway) currently has the shortest waiting time at approximately **7 weeks**. ### How many driving test centres are in Galway? Co. Galway has **6 RSA driving test centres** in total. Of these, 2 are in Galway city itself and 4 are elsewhere in the county. ### Should I drive to a test centre outside Galway for a shorter wait? Often yes. Irish learners frequently choose centres an hour or two from home to skip months of waiting. The trade-off: each centre uses different test routes, so you'll need to practise the actual routes used there before turning up. See [all driving test waiting times by centre](https://testcentres.ie/waiting-times) to compare. ### How are these pass rates and wait times calculated? All figures come live from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) datasets ROA30 (per-centre Category B pass rates) and ROA36 (per-centre wait times). The data is published monthly and refreshed on this page on every site rebuild. See [national pass rate ranking](https://testcentres.ie/pass-rates) for full methodology.