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The cathedral above the old town, Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de CompostelaThe cathedral above the old town
The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace

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

Santiago de Compostela or Split?

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

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Split for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Split’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, Split 75: Split leads by 43 points.
Food & drink. Santiago de Compostela 68, Split 57: Santiago de Compostela leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Santiago de Compostela 70, Split 66: Santiago de Compostela leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Santiago de Compostela 45, Split 52: Split leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Santiago de Compostela 62, Split 77: Split leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Santiago de Compostela 72, Split 78: Split leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Santiago de Compostela 42, Split 54: Split leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Santiago de Compostela 70, Split 67: Santiago de Compostela leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Santiago de Compostela 35, Split 32: Santiago de Compostela leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Santiago de Compostela 64, Split 45: Santiago de Compostela leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Santiago de Compostela 40, Split 37: Santiago de Compostela leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Santiago de Compostela 42, Split 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 Split.

Your match

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

Santiago de Compostela
54match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Split
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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

Split in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
25 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Santiago de CompostelaSplit

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Santiago de Compostela: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago / Labacolla (8.4 km from centre). Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSantiago de CompostelaSplit
Official languageSpanishCroatian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation260 m0 m
Main airportSantiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (SCQ)10 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureSantiago de CompostelaSplit
City population100,965160,577
People per km²459-
Museums within 10 km611
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 months

Where else could you go?

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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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.