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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The cathedral above the old town, Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de CompostelaThe cathedral above the old town

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

Delhi 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 Delhi for

  • shopping
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Santiago de Compostela for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • wellness

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. Delhi 4, Santiago de Compostela 32: Santiago de Compostela leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Santiago de Compostela 68: Delhi leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Santiago de Compostela 70: Delhi leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Santiago de Compostela 45: Santiago de Compostela leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Santiago de Compostela 62: Santiago de Compostela leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Santiago de Compostela 72: Santiago de Compostela leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Santiago de Compostela 42: Santiago de Compostela leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Santiago de Compostela 70: Santiago de Compostela leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Santiago de Compostela 35: Delhi leads by 43 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Santiago de Compostela 64: Delhi leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Santiago de Compostela 40: Delhi leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Santiago de Compostela 42: Santiago de Compostela leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Santiago de Compostela.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Delhi
53match

Wins on shopping and prices 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.

Delhi in July

36 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
190 mmrain in the month
4 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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DelhiSantiago de Compostela

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Santiago de Compostela: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago / Labacolla (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiSantiago de Compostela
Official languageHindi, EnglishSpanish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation221 m260 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsSantiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (SCQ)10 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiSantiago de Compostela
City population26,495,000100,965
People per km²18,962459
Museums within 10 km236
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
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). 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. 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.