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Nyhavn, Copenhagen
CopenhagenNyhavn
The terrace on Cerro Santa Lucía, Santiago
SantiagoThe terrace on Cerro Santa Lucía

Photos: Copenhagen by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Santiago by Rjcastillo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Copenhagen or Santiago?

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 Copenhagen for

  • beaches
  • families
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Santiago for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Santiago’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. Copenhagen 40, Santiago 12: Copenhagen leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Copenhagen 76, Santiago 60: Copenhagen leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Copenhagen 72, Santiago 52: Copenhagen leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Copenhagen and Santiago are level on 60.
Nature & outdoors. Copenhagen 45, Santiago 83: Santiago leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Copenhagen 72, Santiago 70: Copenhagen leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Copenhagen 85, Santiago 57: Copenhagen leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Copenhagen 85, Santiago 68: Copenhagen leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Copenhagen 70, Santiago 52: Copenhagen leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Copenhagen 18, Santiago 58: Santiago leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Copenhagen 68, Santiago 55: Copenhagen leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Copenhagen 55, Santiago 37: Copenhagen leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Copenhagen and Santiago.

Your match

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

Copenhagen
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Santiago
55match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Copenhagen in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
17 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Santiago in July

14 °Cdaytime high
4 °Cnight-time low
52 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CopenhagenSantiago

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Copenhagen: 1991-2020 normals, Koebenhavn / Landbohoejskolen (2.4 km from centre). Santiago: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago Q. Normal (3.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCopenhagenSantiago
Official languageDanishSpanish
CurrencyDanish Krone (DKK)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCEFK230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation14 m575 m
Main airportCopenhagen Kastrup Airport (CPH)8 km from centre196 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)14 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCopenhagenSantiago
City population667,0996,257,516
People per km²7,3397,468
Museums within 10 km7254
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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