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The cathedral above the old town, Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de CompostelaThe cathedral above the old town
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Santiago de Compostela by Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga), CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Santiago de Compostela or Tel Aviv?

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
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Tel Aviv’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, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Santiago de Compostela 68, Tel Aviv 80: Tel Aviv leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Santiago de Compostela 70, Tel Aviv 57: Santiago de Compostela leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Santiago de Compostela 45, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Santiago de Compostela 62, Tel Aviv 52: Santiago de Compostela leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Santiago de Compostela 72, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Santiago de Compostela 42, Tel Aviv 68: Tel Aviv leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Santiago de Compostela 70, Tel Aviv 64: Santiago de Compostela leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Santiago de Compostela 35, Tel Aviv 55: Tel Aviv leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Santiago de Compostela 64, Tel Aviv 14: Santiago de Compostela leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Santiago de Compostela 40, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Santiago de Compostela 42, Tel Aviv 35: Santiago de Compostela leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Santiago de Compostela and Tel Aviv.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Tel Aviv
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and nightlife 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

Tel Aviv in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Santiago de CompostelaTel Aviv

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Santiago de Compostela: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago / Labacolla (8.4 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSantiago de CompostelaTel Aviv
Official languageSpanishHebrew
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 100, fire 102
Elevation260 m5 m
Main airportSantiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (SCQ)10 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureSantiago de CompostelaTel Aviv
City population100,965467,875
People per km²4598,998
Museums within 10 km698
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone7 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.