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The cathedral of Santa Marta, Santa Marta
Santa MartaThe cathedral of Santa Marta
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Santa Marta by Oliver H, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Santa Marta or Vienna?

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 Santa Marta for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Vienna for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Vienna’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. Santa Marta 70, Vienna 27: Santa Marta leads by 43 points.
Food & drink. Santa Marta 44, Vienna 68: Vienna leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Santa Marta 34, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 55 points.
Nightlife. Santa Marta and Vienna are level on 50.
Nature & outdoors. Santa Marta 84, Vienna 62: Santa Marta leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Santa Marta 38, Vienna 74: Vienna leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Santa Marta 40, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Santa Marta 38, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Santa Marta 27, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Santa Marta 80, Vienna 44: Santa Marta leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Santa Marta 17, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 79 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Santa Marta 30, Vienna 58: Vienna leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Santa Marta and Vienna.

Your match

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

Santa Marta
46match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Vienna
Best match
66match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Santa Marta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Vienna in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Santa MartaVienna

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Santa Marta: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Marta / Simon Bolivar (11.9 km from centre). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSanta MartaVienna
Official languageSpanishGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number123112
Elevation8 m151 m
Main airportSimón Bolívar International Airport (SMR)13 km from centre6 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureSanta MartaVienna
City population505,9152,028,289
People per km²1,7234,890
Museums within 10 km3152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.