San Sebastian or The Hague?
Two destinations compared on nine measures of openly sourced data. Weight what matters to you and the verdict follows.
Your match
Wins on value for money and year-round weather with your weighting.
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What matters to you?
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Scoreboard
Each measure scored 0 to 100. Open a row for the figures behind the score.
Beaches & swimming. The Hague leads by 5 points.5
| San Sebastian | The Hague | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 55 | 60 |
| Swim season months | 2 | 0 |
| Beaches 10 km | 10 | 34 |
| Coast distance | 0 km | 3 km |
| Water distance | 0 km | 3 km |
Places to eat. The Hague leads by 15 points.15
| San Sebastian | The Hague | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 55 | 70 |
| Restaurants within 2 km of centre | 472 | 798 |
| Effective number of cuisines within 2 km | 26 | 43 |
Museums & heritage. The Hague leads by 23 points.23
| San Sebastian | The Hague | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 39 | 62 |
| Museums within 10 km | 17 | 46 |
| Museums within 2 km of centre | 7 | 26 |
| Share of museums within 2 km % | 41 | 57 |
| Unesco sites within 50 km | 3 | 4 |
Nightlife. The Hague leads by 6 points.6
| San Sebastian | The Hague | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 40 | 46 |
| Drinking venues within 4 km | 388 | 511 |
| Drinking venues within 2 km of centre | 338 | 288 |
| Share of drinking venues within 2 km % | 87 | 56 |
| Nightclubs within 4 km | 12 | 19 |
Nature & day trips. San Sebastian leads by 2 points.2
| San Sebastian | The Hague | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 56 | 54 |
| Protected land share 50 km % | 11 | 8 |
| Landscape blanket share 50 km % | 0 | 0 |
| Land share of disc % | 52 | 56 |
| Park area within 2 km | 70 hectares | 159 hectares |
Good for families. The Hague leads by 26 points.26
| San Sebastian | The Hague | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 30 | 56 |
| Tourist attractions within 2 km | 5 | 10 |
| Park area within 2 km | 70 hectares | 159 hectares |
| Theme parks within 30 km | 1 | 7 |
Sights concentration. San Sebastian and The Hague are level on 54.
| San Sebastian | The Hague | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 54 | 54 |
| Notable places within 2 km | 89 | 86 |
| Min wikipedia languages | 5 | 5 |
Value for money. San Sebastian leads by 13 points.13
| San Sebastian | The Hague | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 71 | 58 |
| Price level global | 60.8 | 79.2 |
| Daily budget | €122 | €181 |
Year-round weather. San Sebastian leads by 4 points.4
| San Sebastian | The Hague | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 58 | 54 |
| Monthly daytime high | 11.2 °C to 22.9 °C | 6.1 °C to 21.3 °C |
| Monthly rainfall | 92 mm to 203 mm | 42 mm to 85 mm |
| Dry months | 0 | 0 |
When should you go?
The figures behind each month. Each row is shaded against that destination's own year, so the deepest cell is its best month for that measure and the palest its weakest. Shades are not comparable between the two rows.
Temperature and rainfall are thirty-year climate normals, averaged over the years shown. San Sebastian: 1991-2020 normals, San Sebastian / Igueldo (6.1 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).
Getting there
| Flying from | San Sebastian | The Hague |
|---|---|---|
| ParisCDG, ORY, BVA | 1 h 30 m €129-164 BIQ · 40 km | 1 h 10 m €178-300 AMS · 40 km |
| MadridMAD | 1 h 5 m €76-169 EAS · 16 km | 2 h 25 m €160-183 AMS · 40 km |
| DublinDUB | 2 h 0 m no fares BIQ · 40 km | 1 h 35 m €69-96 AMS · 40 km |
| ManchesterMAN | 2 h 0 m no fares BIO · 75 km | 1 h 15 m €145-187 AMS · 40 km |
| CopenhagenCPH | 2 h 40 m no fares BIQ · 40 km | 1 h 25 m €171-212 1 stop AMS · 40 km |
| New YorkJFK, EWR, LGA | 7 h 20 m no fares BIO · 75 km | 7 h 35 m €512-556 1 stop AMS · 40 km |
| PalmaPMI | 1 h 25 m no fares BIO · 75 km | 2 h 20 m no fares RTM · 16 km |
| StockholmARN, BMA, NYO, VST | 3 h 15 m no fares BIQ · 40 km | 2 h 0 m €156-208 AMS · 40 km |
| AmsterdamAMS | 2 h 0 m €196-210 1 stop BIO · 75 km | 50 m no fares BRU · 132 km |
| MarrakechRAK | 2 h 15 m no fares BIO · 75 km | 3 h 35 m no fares RTM · 16 km |
The busiest departure cities for these two, with a place kept for each other part of the world. Busiest means arriving passengers where an official count exists, and where none does, the number of non-stop services flown: official route statistics are published by the European reporting countries and by nobody else, so a table ranked on them alone would offer a reader in New York or Tokyo ten European cities. Flying times are estimated from the distance between airports, and every row is a city flown non-stop to both. Where the typical offer connects anyway, the stops are shown. Under each figure is the airport the flight lands at and how far that is from the centre, because the nearest airport is not always the one a route is flown to. Where both columns name the same airport it is one flight, and the difference between the two is the distance printed beside it. Typical return fares for 2026-08 to 2026-10, cached market data up to 7 days old. The figure is the middle half of the offers found, so a single price means they agreed and a range means they did not; for a typical route that middle half spans about a quarter of the median, and for the least settled routes rather more than the median itself.
Before you go
| Measure | San Sebastian | The Hague |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | Spanish | Dutch |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) | Euro (EUR) |
| Sockets | CF230 V, 50 Hz | CF230 V, 50 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Right |
| Time zone | UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer | UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer |
| Emergency number | 112 | 112 or 911 |
| Elevation | 6 m | 1 m |
| Main airport | San Sebastián Airport (EAS)16 km from centre11 non-stop destinations | Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre45 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 13 days | 11 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | San Sebastian | The Hague |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 189,866 | 548,320 |
| People per km² | 3,118 | 5,589 |
| Museums within 10 km | 14 | 54 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 3 | 4 |
| Distinct cuisines in the centre | 45 | 77 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | 2 months | None |
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