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The cathedral above the old town, Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de CompostelaThe cathedral above the old town
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

Photos: Santiago de Compostela by Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga), CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Victoria by Guilice, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Santiago de Compostela or Victoria?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Victoria for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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, Victoria 28: Santiago de Compostela leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Santiago de Compostela 68, Victoria 50: Santiago de Compostela leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Santiago de Compostela 70, Victoria 42: Santiago de Compostela leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Santiago de Compostela 45, Victoria 30: Santiago de Compostela leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Santiago de Compostela 62, Victoria 77: Victoria leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Santiago de Compostela 72, Victoria 54: Santiago de Compostela leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Santiago de Compostela 42, Victoria 62: Victoria leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Santiago de Compostela 70, Victoria 60: Santiago de Compostela leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Santiago de Compostela 35, Victoria 40: Victoria leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Santiago de Compostela 64, Victoria 34: Santiago de Compostela leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Santiago de Compostela and Victoria are level on 40.
Wellness & relaxation. Santiago de Compostela 42, Victoria 48: Victoria leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Santiago de Compostela and Victoria.

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 prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Victoria
47match

Wins on families and nature and the outdoors 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

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

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

Before you go

MeasureSantiago de CompostelaVictoria
Official languageSpanishFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation260 m23 m
Main airportSantiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (SCQ)10 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSantiago de CompostelaVictoria
City population100,96591,867
People per km²4594,711
Museums within 10 km66
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.