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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
The cathedral above the old town, Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de CompostelaThe cathedral above the old town

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

Austin 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 Austin for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • families

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

Choose Santiago de Compostela for

  • getting around
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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. Austin 30, Santiago de Compostela 32: Santiago de Compostela leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Santiago de Compostela 68: Santiago de Compostela leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Santiago de Compostela 70: Santiago de Compostela leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Santiago de Compostela 45: Austin leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Santiago de Compostela 62: Santiago de Compostela leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Santiago de Compostela 72: Santiago de Compostela leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Santiago de Compostela 42: Austin leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Santiago de Compostela 70: Santiago de Compostela leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Santiago de Compostela 35: Austin leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Santiago de Compostela 64: Santiago de Compostela leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Santiago de Compostela 40: Austin leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 40, Santiago de Compostela 42: Santiago de Compostela leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Santiago de Compostela.

Your match

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

Austin
50match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

Santiago de Compostela
Best match
54match

Wins on getting around and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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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AustinSantiago de Compostela

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). Santiago de Compostela: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago / Labacolla (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinSantiago de Compostela
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation149 m260 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsSantiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (SCQ)10 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinSantiago de Compostela
City population961,855100,965
People per km²1,217459
Museums within 10 km216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.