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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
The cathedral above the old town, Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de CompostelaThe cathedral above the old town

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

Izmir 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 Izmir for

  • beaches
  • shopping
  • nightlife

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

Choose Santiago de Compostela for

  • culture and sights
  • 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. Izmir 62, Santiago de Compostela 32: Izmir leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, Santiago de Compostela 68: Izmir leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, Santiago de Compostela 70: Santiago de Compostela leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, Santiago de Compostela 45: Izmir leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir 66, Santiago de Compostela 62: Izmir leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Izmir 86, Santiago de Compostela 72: Izmir leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Izmir 55, Santiago de Compostela 42: Izmir leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Izmir 63, Santiago de Compostela 70: Santiago de Compostela leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, Santiago de Compostela 35: Izmir leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Izmir 66, Santiago de Compostela 64: Izmir leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, Santiago de Compostela 40: Izmir leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, Santiago de Compostela 42: Izmir leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Izmir and Santiago de Compostela.

Your match

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

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and shopping with your weighting.

Santiago de Compostela
54match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °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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IzmirSantiago de Compostela

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre). Santiago de Compostela: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago / Labacolla (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIzmirSantiago de Compostela
Official languageTurkishSpanish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation2 m260 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsSantiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (SCQ)10 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirSantiago de Compostela
City population4,493,242100,965
People per km²4,760459
Museums within 10 km296
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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). 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.