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Florence and the Arno, Florence
FlorenceFlorence and the Arno
The cathedral above the old town, Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de CompostelaThe cathedral above the old town

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

Florence 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 Florence for

  • shopping
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Santiago de Compostela for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Florence 14, Santiago de Compostela 32: Santiago de Compostela leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Florence 74, Santiago de Compostela 68: Florence leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Florence 94, Santiago de Compostela 70: Florence leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Florence 42, Santiago de Compostela 45: Santiago de Compostela leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florence 58, Santiago de Compostela 62: Santiago de Compostela leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Florence 98, Santiago de Compostela 72: Florence leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Florence 45, Santiago de Compostela 42: Florence leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Florence 78, Santiago de Compostela 70: Florence leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Florence 72, Santiago de Compostela 35: Florence leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Florence 35, Santiago de Compostela 64: Santiago de Compostela leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florence 58, Santiago de Compostela 40: Florence leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florence and Santiago de Compostela are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florence and Santiago de Compostela.

Your match

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

Florence
Best match
59match

Wins on shopping and day trips with your weighting.

Santiago de Compostela
54match

Wins on prices 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.

Florence in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
37 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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

Florence 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.

Florence's sunshine is measured 71 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florence: 1995-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Firenze / Peretola (5.6 km from centre). Santiago de Compostela: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago / Labacolla (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorenceSantiago 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
Elevation50 m260 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsSantiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (SCQ)10 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorenceSantiago de Compostela
City population360,930100,965
People per km²3,528459
Museums within 10 km1416
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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.