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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
The cathedral above the old town, Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de CompostelaThe cathedral above the old town

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

Dubrovnik 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 Dubrovnik for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Santiago de Compostela for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

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. Dubrovnik 74, Santiago de Compostela 32: Dubrovnik leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Santiago de Compostela 68: Santiago de Compostela leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Santiago de Compostela 70: Dubrovnik leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Santiago de Compostela 45: Santiago de Compostela leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Santiago de Compostela 62: Dubrovnik leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Santiago de Compostela 72: Santiago de Compostela leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Santiago de Compostela 42: Dubrovnik leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Santiago de Compostela 70: Santiago de Compostela leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Santiago de Compostela 35: Santiago de Compostela leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Santiago de Compostela 64: Santiago de Compostela leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Santiago de Compostela 40: Santiago de Compostela leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Santiago de Compostela 42: Santiago de Compostela leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Santiago de Compostela.

Your match

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

Dubrovnik
49match

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

Santiago de Compostela
Best match
54match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Dubrovnik in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
29 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

Dubrovnik has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Dubrovnik's sunshine is measured 83 km from the centre, at Mostar.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dubrovnik: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dubrovnik / Cilipi (15.3 km from centre). Santiago de Compostela: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago / Labacolla (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikSantiago de Compostela
Official languageCroatianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m260 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsSantiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (SCQ)10 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikSantiago de Compostela
City population41,562100,965
People per km²-459
Museums within 10 km76
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). 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.