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Lower Broadway and its honky-tonks, Nashville
NashvilleLower Broadway and its honky-tonks
The terrace on Cerro Santa Lucía, Santiago
SantiagoThe terrace on Cerro Santa Lucía

Photos: Nashville by Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Santiago by Rjcastillo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Nashville 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 Nashville for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • beaches

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

Choose Santiago for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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. Nashville 14, Santiago 12: Nashville leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Nashville 62, Santiago 60: Nashville leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Nashville 50, Santiago 52: Santiago leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Nashville 70, Santiago 60: Nashville leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nashville 46, Santiago 83: Santiago leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Nashville 52, Santiago 70: Santiago leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Nashville 55, Santiago 57: Santiago leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Nashville 30, Santiago 68: Santiago leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Nashville 42, Santiago 52: Santiago leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Nashville 30, Santiago 58: Santiago leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nashville 82, Santiago 55: Nashville leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nashville 20, Santiago 37: Santiago leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nashville and Santiago.

Your match

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

Nashville
46match

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

Santiago
Best match
55match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Nashville in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
104 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Nashville: 1991-2020 normals, Nashville Airport (9.6 km from centre). Santiago: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago Q. Normal (3.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNashvilleSantiago
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number911Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation182 m575 m
Main airportNashville International Airport (BNA)10 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)14 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureNashvilleSantiago
City population689,4476,257,516
People per km²5067,468
Museums within 10 km1254
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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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). 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.