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The fountain in Piazza De Ferrari, Genoa
GenoaThe fountain in Piazza De Ferrari
The cathedral above the old town, Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de CompostelaThe cathedral above the old town

Photos: Genoa by Faber1893, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Santiago de Compostela by Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga), CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Genoa 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 Genoa for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Santiago de Compostela for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • getting around

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. Genoa 62, Santiago de Compostela 32: Genoa leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Genoa 72, Santiago de Compostela 68: Genoa leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Genoa 76, Santiago de Compostela 70: Genoa leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Genoa 42, Santiago de Compostela 45: Santiago de Compostela leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Genoa 78, Santiago de Compostela 62: Genoa leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Genoa 83, Santiago de Compostela 72: Genoa leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Genoa 64, Santiago de Compostela 42: Genoa leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Genoa 66, Santiago de Compostela 70: Santiago de Compostela leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Genoa 48, Santiago de Compostela 35: Genoa leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Genoa 55, Santiago de Compostela 64: Santiago de Compostela leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Genoa 52, Santiago de Compostela 40: Genoa leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Genoa 35, Santiago de Compostela 42: Santiago de Compostela leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Genoa and Santiago de Compostela.

Your match

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

Genoa
Best match
61match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Santiago de Compostela
54match

Wins on prices 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.

Genoa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
24 °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

Genoa 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.

Genoa's sunshine is measured 80 km from the centre, at Capo Mele.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Genoa: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (6.7 km from centre). Santiago de Compostela: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago / Labacolla (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenoaSantiago 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
Elevation20 m260 m
Main airportGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)7 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsSantiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (SCQ)10 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenoaSantiago de Compostela
City population558,745100,965
People per km²2,325459
Museums within 10 km516
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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.