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Skiers at the Albion base of the ski area, Alta, Utah
Alta, UtahSkiers at the Albion base of the ski area
The cathedral above the old town, Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de CompostelaThe cathedral above the old town

Photos: Alta, Utah by Sumanch, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Santiago de Compostela by Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga), CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Alta, Utah or Santiago de Compostela?

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 Alta, Utah for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Alta, Utah’s own page.

Choose Santiago de Compostela for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Santiago de Compostela’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. Alta, Utah 3, Santiago de Compostela 32: Santiago de Compostela leads by 29 points.
Food & drink. Alta, Utah 15, Santiago de Compostela 68: Santiago de Compostela leads by 53 points.
Culture & sights. Alta, Utah 5, Santiago de Compostela 70: Santiago de Compostela leads by 65 points.
Nightlife. Alta, Utah 4, Santiago de Compostela 45: Santiago de Compostela leads by 41 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alta, Utah 90, Santiago de Compostela 62: Alta, Utah leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Alta, Utah 40, Santiago de Compostela 72: Santiago de Compostela leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Alta, Utah 30, Santiago de Compostela 42: Santiago de Compostela leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Alta, Utah 35, Santiago de Compostela 70: Santiago de Compostela leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Alta, Utah 4, Santiago de Compostela 35: Santiago de Compostela leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Alta, Utah 15, Santiago de Compostela 64: Santiago de Compostela leads by 49 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alta, Utah 3, Santiago de Compostela 40: Santiago de Compostela leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alta, Utah 35, Santiago de Compostela 42: Santiago de Compostela leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alta, Utah and Santiago de Compostela.

Your match

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

Alta, Utah
23match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Santiago de Compostela
Best match
54match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Alta, Utah in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Santiago de Compostela in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
41 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
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

Alta, Utah has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alta, Utah: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km. Santiago de Compostela: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago / Labacolla (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlta, UtahSantiago de Compostela
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,610 m260 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)37 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsSantiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (SCQ)10 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlta, UtahSantiago de Compostela
City population228100,965
People per km²19459
Museums within 10 km06
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.