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The Cathedral of Sant'Agata, Catania
CataniaThe Cathedral of Sant'Agata
The cathedral above the old town, Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de CompostelaThe cathedral above the old town

Photos: Catania by Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Santiago de Compostela by Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga), CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Catania 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 Catania for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

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

Choose Santiago de Compostela for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • 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. Catania 72, Santiago de Compostela 32: Catania leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Catania 77, Santiago de Compostela 68: Catania leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Catania 62, Santiago de Compostela 70: Santiago de Compostela leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Catania 60, Santiago de Compostela 45: Catania leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Catania 83, Santiago de Compostela 62: Catania leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Catania 84, Santiago de Compostela 72: Catania leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Catania 50, Santiago de Compostela 42: Catania leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Catania 48, Santiago de Compostela 70: Santiago de Compostela leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Catania 42, Santiago de Compostela 35: Catania leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Catania 60, Santiago de Compostela 64: Santiago de Compostela leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Catania 55, Santiago de Compostela 40: Catania leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Catania 30, Santiago de Compostela 42: Santiago de Compostela leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Catania and Santiago de Compostela.

Your match

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

Catania
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Santiago de Compostela
54match

Wins on getting around and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Catania in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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

Catania's sunshine is measured 88 km from the centre, at Messina.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Catania: 1991-2020 normals, Catania / Fontanarossa (5.2 km from centre). Santiago de Compostela: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago / Labacolla (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCataniaSantiago de Compostela
Official languageItalianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m260 m
Main airportCatania-Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)4 km from centre96 non-stop destinationsSantiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (SCQ)10 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCataniaSantiago de Compostela
City population311,584100,965
People per km²1,704459
Museums within 10 km256
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 monthsNone

Where else could you go?

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

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.