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Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho
The cathedral above the old town, Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de CompostelaThe cathedral above the old town

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Santiago de Compostela by Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga), CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bangkok 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 Bangkok for

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • wellness

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

Choose Santiago de Compostela for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • getting around

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. Bangkok 12, Santiago de Compostela 32: Santiago de Compostela leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Santiago de Compostela 68: Bangkok leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Santiago de Compostela 70: Bangkok leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Santiago de Compostela 45: Bangkok leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Santiago de Compostela 62: Santiago de Compostela leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Bangkok and Santiago de Compostela are level on 72.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Santiago de Compostela 42: Bangkok leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Santiago de Compostela 70: Santiago de Compostela leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Santiago de Compostela 35: Bangkok leads by 45 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Santiago de Compostela 64: Bangkok leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Santiago de Compostela 40: Bangkok leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Santiago de Compostela 42: Bangkok leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Santiago de Compostela.

Your match

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

Bangkok
Best match
63match

Wins on shopping and nightlife with your weighting.

Santiago de Compostela
54match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Bangkok in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
184 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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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BangkokSantiago de Compostela

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). Santiago de Compostela: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago / Labacolla (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokSantiago de Compostela
Official languageThaiSpanish
CurrencyBaht (THB)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199112
Elevation2 m260 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsSantiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (SCQ)10 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokSantiago de Compostela
City population5,676,648100,965
People per km²3,619459
Museums within 10 km596
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.