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Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace
The cathedral above the old town, Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de CompostelaThe cathedral above the old town

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

Quebec City 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 Quebec City for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Santiago de Compostela for

  • getting around
  • prices
  • beaches

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. Quebec City 18, Santiago de Compostela 32: Santiago de Compostela leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Quebec City 57, Santiago de Compostela 68: Santiago de Compostela leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Quebec City and Santiago de Compostela are level on 70.
Nightlife. Quebec City 42, Santiago de Compostela 45: Santiago de Compostela leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Quebec City 79, Santiago de Compostela 62: Quebec City leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Quebec City 58, Santiago de Compostela 72: Santiago de Compostela leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Quebec City 64, Santiago de Compostela 42: Quebec City leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Quebec City 50, Santiago de Compostela 70: Santiago de Compostela leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Quebec City 45, Santiago de Compostela 35: Quebec City leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Quebec City 45, Santiago de Compostela 64: Santiago de Compostela leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Quebec City 52, Santiago de Compostela 40: Quebec City leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Quebec City 55, Santiago de Compostela 42: Quebec City leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Quebec City 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, 1 point apart

Quebec City
53match

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

Santiago de Compostela
54match

Wins on getting around 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.

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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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Quebec CitySantiago de Compostela

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre). Santiago de Compostela: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago / Labacolla (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQuebec CitySantiago de Compostela
Official languageFrench, EnglishSpanish
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation98 m260 m
Main airportQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinationsSantiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (SCQ)10 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureQuebec CitySantiago de Compostela
City population574,482100,965
People per km²1,184459
Museums within 10 km166
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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.