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The cathedral above the old town, Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de CompostelaThe cathedral above the old town
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Santiago de Compostela by Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga), CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Santiago de Compostela or Vilnius?

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

  • food and drink
  • beaches
  • day trips

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Vilnius’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, Vilnius 17: Santiago de Compostela leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Santiago de Compostela 68, Vilnius 50: Santiago de Compostela leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Santiago de Compostela 70, Vilnius 66: Santiago de Compostela leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Santiago de Compostela 45, Vilnius 46: Vilnius leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Santiago de Compostela 62, Vilnius 52: Santiago de Compostela leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Santiago de Compostela 72, Vilnius 60: Santiago de Compostela leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Santiago de Compostela 42, Vilnius 44: Vilnius leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Santiago de Compostela 70, Vilnius 68: Santiago de Compostela leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Santiago de Compostela 35, Vilnius 38: Vilnius leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Santiago de Compostela and Vilnius are level on 64.
Live music & performing arts. Santiago de Compostela 40, Vilnius 54: Vilnius leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Santiago de Compostela 42, Vilnius 34: Santiago de Compostela leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Santiago de Compostela and Vilnius.

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 food and drink and beaches with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping 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

Vilnius in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
90 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Santiago de CompostelaVilnius

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Santiago de Compostela: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago / Labacolla (8.4 km from centre). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSantiago de CompostelaVilnius
Official languageSpanishLithuanian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation260 m98 m
Main airportSantiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (SCQ)10 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureSantiago de CompostelaVilnius
City population100,965619,405
People per km²4591,545
Museums within 10 km631
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.