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The cathedral above the old town, Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de CompostelaThe cathedral above the old town
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Santiago de Compostela by Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga), CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Santiago de Compostela or Tallinn?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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, Tallinn 28: Santiago de Compostela leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Santiago de Compostela 68, Tallinn 52: Santiago de Compostela leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Santiago de Compostela 70, Tallinn 68: Santiago de Compostela leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Santiago de Compostela 45, Tallinn 44: Santiago de Compostela leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Santiago de Compostela 62, Tallinn 55: Santiago de Compostela leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Santiago de Compostela 72, Tallinn 58: Santiago de Compostela leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Santiago de Compostela 42, Tallinn 60: Tallinn leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Santiago de Compostela 70, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Santiago de Compostela 35, Tallinn 40: Tallinn leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Santiago de Compostela 64, Tallinn 47: Santiago de Compostela leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Santiago de Compostela 40, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Santiago de Compostela 42, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Santiago de Compostela and Tallinn.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Santiago de Compostela
54match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Tallinn
52match

Wins on families and live music and the arts 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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Santiago de CompostelaTallinn

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Santiago de Compostela: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago / Labacolla (8.4 km from centre). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSantiago de CompostelaTallinn
Official languageSpanishEstonian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation260 m28 m
Main airportSantiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (SCQ)10 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSantiago de CompostelaTallinn
City population100,965457,572
People per km²4592,871
Museums within 10 km616
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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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.