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Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas
The terrace on Cerro Santa Lucía, Santiago
SantiagoThe terrace on Cerro Santa Lucía

Photos: Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Santiago by Rjcastillo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Maastricht or Santiago?

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 Maastricht for

  • wellness
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Santiago for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Santiago’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. Maastricht 8, Santiago 12: Santiago leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Maastricht 58, Santiago 60: Santiago leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Maastricht 60, Santiago 52: Maastricht leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Maastricht 42, Santiago 60: Santiago leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Maastricht 58, Santiago 83: Santiago leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Maastricht 77, Santiago 70: Maastricht leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Maastricht 55, Santiago 57: Santiago leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Maastricht 74, Santiago 68: Maastricht leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Maastricht 60, Santiago 52: Maastricht leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Maastricht 38, Santiago 58: Santiago leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Maastricht 40, Santiago 55: Santiago leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Maastricht 52, Santiago 37: Maastricht leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Maastricht and Santiago.

Your match

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

Maastricht
52match

Wins on wellness and culture and sights with your weighting.

Santiago
Best match
55match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Santiago in July

14 °Cdaytime high
4 °Cnight-time low
52 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MaastrichtSantiago

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre). Santiago: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago Q. Normal (3.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMaastrichtSantiago
Official languageDutchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation49 m575 m
Main airportMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)14 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMaastrichtSantiago
City population120,2276,257,516
People per km²2,0007,468
Museums within 10 km2154
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50

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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. 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.