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The cathedral above the old town, Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de CompostelaThe cathedral above the old town
Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France

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

Santiago de Compostela or Strasbourg?

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

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Strasbourg for

  • families
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Strasbourg’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, Strasbourg 10: Santiago de Compostela leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Santiago de Compostela 68, Strasbourg 66: Santiago de Compostela leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Santiago de Compostela and Strasbourg are level on 70.
Nightlife. Santiago de Compostela 45, Strasbourg 40: Santiago de Compostela leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Santiago de Compostela and Strasbourg are level on 62.
Day trips. Santiago de Compostela 72, Strasbourg 80: Strasbourg leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Santiago de Compostela 42, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Santiago de Compostela 70, Strasbourg 79: Strasbourg leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Santiago de Compostela 35, Strasbourg 52: Strasbourg leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Santiago de Compostela 64, Strasbourg 44: Santiago de Compostela leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Santiago de Compostela 40, Strasbourg 56: Strasbourg leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Santiago de Compostela 42, Strasbourg 55: Strasbourg leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Santiago de Compostela and Strasbourg.

Your match

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

Santiago de Compostela
54match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Strasbourg
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

Strasbourg in July

26 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
8 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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Santiago de CompostelaStrasbourg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Santiago de Compostela: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago / Labacolla (8.4 km from centre). Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSantiago de CompostelaStrasbourg
Official languageSpanishFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation260 m132 m
Main airportSantiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (SCQ)10 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSantiago de CompostelaStrasbourg
City population100,965293,771
People per km²4593,752
Museums within 10 km621
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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.