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The cathedral above the old town, Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de CompostelaThe cathedral above the old town
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: Santiago de Compostela by Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga), CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

Santiago de Compostela or Singapore?

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 Santiago de Compostela for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Santiago de Compostela’s own page.

Choose Singapore for

  • families
  • shopping
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Singapore’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. Santiago de Compostela 32, Singapore 40: Singapore leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Santiago de Compostela 68, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Santiago de Compostela 70, Singapore 62: Santiago de Compostela leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Santiago de Compostela 45, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Santiago de Compostela 62, Singapore 45: Santiago de Compostela leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Santiago de Compostela 72, Singapore 25: Santiago de Compostela leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Santiago de Compostela 42, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 46 points.
Getting around. Santiago de Compostela 70, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Santiago de Compostela 35, Singapore 76: Singapore leads by 41 points.
Affordability. Santiago de Compostela 64, Singapore 25: Santiago de Compostela leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Santiago de Compostela 40, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Santiago de Compostela 42, Singapore 40: Santiago de Compostela leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Santiago de Compostela and Singapore.

Your match

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

Santiago de Compostela
54match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Singapore
Best match
57match

Wins on families and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Singapore in July

31 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Santiago de CompostelaSingapore

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Santiago de Compostela: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago / Labacolla (8.4 km from centre). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSantiago de CompostelaSingapore
Official languageSpanishEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard Chinese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Singapore Dollar (SGD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112Police 999, ambulance 995, fire 995
Elevation260 m21 m
Main airportSantiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (SCQ)10 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSantiago de CompostelaSingapore
City population100,9655,866,139
People per km²4598,158
Museums within 10 km640
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.