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The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muscat
MuscatThe Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque
The cathedral above the old town, Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de CompostelaThe cathedral above the old town

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

Muscat 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 Muscat for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • families

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

Choose Santiago de Compostela for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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. Muscat 72, Santiago de Compostela 32: Muscat leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Muscat 44, Santiago de Compostela 68: Santiago de Compostela leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Muscat 55, Santiago de Compostela 70: Santiago de Compostela leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Muscat 14, Santiago de Compostela 45: Santiago de Compostela leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Muscat 70, Santiago de Compostela 62: Muscat leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Muscat 62, Santiago de Compostela 72: Santiago de Compostela leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Muscat 52, Santiago de Compostela 42: Muscat leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Muscat 20, Santiago de Compostela 70: Santiago de Compostela leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Muscat 42, Santiago de Compostela 35: Muscat leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Muscat 45, Santiago de Compostela 64: Santiago de Compostela leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Muscat and Santiago de Compostela are level on 40.
Wellness & relaxation. Muscat 55, Santiago de Compostela 42: Muscat leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Muscat and Santiago de Compostela.

Your match

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

Muscat
48match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Santiago de Compostela
Best match
54match

Wins on getting around and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Muscat in July

33 °Cdaytime high
30 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
31 °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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Where the figures come from

Muscat's sunshine is measured 32 km from the centre, at Seeb, International Airport.

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

Before you go

MeasureMuscatSantiago de Compostela
Official languageArabicSpanish
CurrencyRial Omani (OMR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCG240 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number968112
Elevation69 m260 m
Main airportMuscat International Airport (MCT)31 km from centre83 non-stop destinationsSantiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (SCQ)10 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMuscatSantiago de Compostela
City population1,421,409100,965
People per km²406459
Museums within 10 km106
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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). 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. 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.