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Your rainbow panorama on top of ARoS, Aarhus
AarhusYour rainbow panorama on top of ARoS
The cathedral of Santa Marta, Santa Marta
Santa MartaThe cathedral of Santa Marta

Photos: Aarhus by Mozzihh, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Santa Marta by Oliver H, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Aarhus or Santa Marta?

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 Aarhus for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Santa Marta for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Santa Marta’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. Aarhus 34, Santa Marta 70: Santa Marta leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Aarhus 57, Santa Marta 44: Aarhus leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Aarhus 61, Santa Marta 34: Aarhus leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Aarhus 45, Santa Marta 50: Santa Marta leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aarhus 56, Santa Marta 84: Santa Marta leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Aarhus 63, Santa Marta 38: Aarhus leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Aarhus 70, Santa Marta 40: Aarhus leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Aarhus 75, Santa Marta 38: Aarhus leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Aarhus 47, Santa Marta 27: Aarhus leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Aarhus 22, Santa Marta 80: Santa Marta leads by 58 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aarhus 55, Santa Marta 17: Aarhus leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aarhus 44, Santa Marta 30: Aarhus leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aarhus and Santa Marta.

Your match

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

Aarhus
Best match
52match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around with your weighting.

Santa Marta
46match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Aarhus in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
66 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
17 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Santa Marta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Aarhus's temperatures are measured 30 km from the centre, at Tirstrup.

Aarhus 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. Aarhus: 1991-2020 normals, Tirstrup (29.8 km from centre). Santa Marta: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Marta / Simon Bolivar (11.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAarhusSanta Marta
Official languageDanishSpanish
CurrencyDanish Krone (DKK)Colombian Peso (COP)
SocketsCEFK230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112123
Elevation6 m8 m
Main airportAarhus Airport (AAR)30 km from centre15 non-stop destinationsSimón Bolívar International Airport (SMR)13 km from centre6 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days19 days

By the numbers

MeasureAarhusSanta Marta
City population290,598505,915
People per km²3,1931,723
Museums within 10 km173
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 months

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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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.

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.