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The cathedral above the old town, Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de CompostelaThe cathedral above the old town
The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river

Photos: Santiago de Compostela by Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga), CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Santiago de Compostela or Tampa?

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

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose Tampa for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tampa’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, Tampa 70: Tampa leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Santiago de Compostela 68, Tampa 57: Santiago de Compostela leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Santiago de Compostela 70, Tampa 42: Santiago de Compostela leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Santiago de Compostela 45, Tampa 52: Tampa leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Santiago de Compostela 62, Tampa 55: Santiago de Compostela leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Santiago de Compostela 72, Tampa 54: Santiago de Compostela leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Santiago de Compostela 42, Tampa 78: Tampa leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Santiago de Compostela 70, Tampa 22: Santiago de Compostela leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Santiago de Compostela 35, Tampa 40: Tampa leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Santiago de Compostela 64, Tampa 40: Santiago de Compostela leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Santiago de Compostela 40, Tampa 47: Tampa leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Santiago de Compostela 42, Tampa 30: Santiago de Compostela leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Santiago de Compostela and Tampa.

Your match

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

Santiago de Compostela
Best match
54match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tampa
49match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Tampa in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Santiago de CompostelaTampa

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Santiago de Compostela: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago / Labacolla (8.4 km from centre). Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSantiago de CompostelaTampa
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation260 m30 m
Main airportSantiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (SCQ)10 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSantiago de CompostelaTampa
City population100,965384,959
People per km²459848
Museums within 10 km66
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone8 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. 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.