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Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown
The cathedral above the old town, Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de CompostelaThe cathedral above the old town

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

Portland 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 Portland for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Santiago de Compostela for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • day trips

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. Portland 20, Santiago de Compostela 32: Santiago de Compostela leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Portland and Santiago de Compostela are level on 68.
Culture & sights. Portland 38, Santiago de Compostela 70: Santiago de Compostela leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Portland 52, Santiago de Compostela 45: Portland leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Portland 84, Santiago de Compostela 62: Portland leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Portland 58, Santiago de Compostela 72: Santiago de Compostela leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Portland 55, Santiago de Compostela 42: Portland leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Portland 62, Santiago de Compostela 70: Santiago de Compostela leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Portland 52, Santiago de Compostela 35: Portland leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Portland 38, Santiago de Compostela 64: Santiago de Compostela leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Portland 55, Santiago de Compostela 40: Portland leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Portland and Santiago de Compostela are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Portland and Santiago de Compostela.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Portland
52match

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

Santiago de Compostela
54match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
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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PortlandSantiago de Compostela

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre). Santiago de Compostela: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago / Labacolla (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortlandSantiago de Compostela
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation152 m260 m
Main airportPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsSantiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (SCQ)10 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortlandSantiago de Compostela
City population652,503100,965
People per km²1,736459
Museums within 10 km176
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.