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The cathedral above the old town, Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de CompostelaThe cathedral above the old town
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Santiago de Compostela by Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga), CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Santiago de Compostela or Tokyo?

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

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • shopping
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Tokyo leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Santiago de Compostela 68, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Santiago de Compostela 70, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Santiago de Compostela 45, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 41 points.
Nature & outdoors. Santiago de Compostela 62, Tokyo 68: Tokyo leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Santiago de Compostela 72, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Santiago de Compostela 42, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 53 points.
Getting around. Santiago de Compostela 70, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Santiago de Compostela 35, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 64 points.
Affordability. Santiago de Compostela 64, Tokyo 48: Santiago de Compostela leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Santiago de Compostela 40, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Santiago de Compostela 42, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Santiago de Compostela and Tokyo.

Your match

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

Santiago de Compostela
54match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on shopping 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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Santiago de CompostelaTokyo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Santiago de Compostela: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago / Labacolla (8.4 km from centre). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSantiago de CompostelaTokyo
Official languageSpanishJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation260 m6 m
Main airportSantiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (SCQ)10 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureSantiago de CompostelaTokyo
City population100,96514,264,798
People per km²4596,501
Museums within 10 km6192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 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.