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The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky
The cathedral above the old town, Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de CompostelaThe cathedral above the old town

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

Mumbai 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 Mumbai for

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

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

Choose Santiago de Compostela for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • wellness

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. Mumbai 18, Santiago de Compostela 32: Santiago de Compostela leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Mumbai 82, Santiago de Compostela 68: Mumbai leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Mumbai and Santiago de Compostela are level on 70.
Nightlife. Mumbai 52, Santiago de Compostela 45: Mumbai leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mumbai 55, Santiago de Compostela 62: Santiago de Compostela leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Mumbai 48, Santiago de Compostela 72: Santiago de Compostela leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Mumbai 35, Santiago de Compostela 42: Santiago de Compostela leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Mumbai 38, Santiago de Compostela 70: Santiago de Compostela leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Mumbai 66, Santiago de Compostela 35: Mumbai leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Mumbai 72, Santiago de Compostela 64: Mumbai leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mumbai 55, Santiago de Compostela 40: Mumbai leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mumbai 24, Santiago de Compostela 42: Santiago de Compostela leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mumbai and Santiago de Compostela.

Your match

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

Mumbai
51match

Wins on shopping and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Santiago de Compostela
Best match
54match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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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MumbaiSantiago de Compostela

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre). Santiago de Compostela: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago / Labacolla (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMumbaiSantiago de Compostela
Official languageHindi, EnglishSpanish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation14 m260 m
Main airportChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsSantiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (SCQ)10 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMumbaiSantiago de Compostela
City population15,414,288100,965
People per km²25,563459
Museums within 10 km16
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.