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The cathedral above the old town, Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de CompostelaThe cathedral above the old town
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Santiago de Compostela by Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga), CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Santiago de Compostela or Vienna?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose Vienna for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Vienna’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, Vienna 27: Santiago de Compostela leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Santiago de Compostela and Vienna are level on 68.
Culture & sights. Santiago de Compostela 70, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Santiago de Compostela 45, Vienna 50: Vienna leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Santiago de Compostela and Vienna are level on 62.
Day trips. Santiago de Compostela 72, Vienna 74: Vienna leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Santiago de Compostela 42, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Santiago de Compostela 70, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Santiago de Compostela 35, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Santiago de Compostela 64, Vienna 44: Santiago de Compostela leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Santiago de Compostela 40, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 56 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Santiago de Compostela 42, Vienna 58: Vienna leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Santiago de Compostela and Vienna.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Vienna
Best match
66match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Vienna in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Santiago de CompostelaVienna

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Santiago de Compostela: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago / Labacolla (8.4 km from centre). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSantiago de CompostelaVienna
Official languageSpanishGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation260 m151 m
Main airportSantiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (SCQ)10 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureSantiago de CompostelaVienna
City population100,9652,028,289
People per km²4594,890
Museums within 10 km6152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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.