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The cathedral above the old town, Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de CompostelaThe cathedral above the old town
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Santiago de Compostela by Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga), CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Santiago de Compostela or Windhoek?

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

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Windhoek for

Windhoek does not lead in any category we score.

What lies behind each score is written up on Windhoek’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, Windhoek 4: Santiago de Compostela leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Santiago de Compostela 68, Windhoek 36: Santiago de Compostela leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Santiago de Compostela 70, Windhoek 30: Santiago de Compostela leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Santiago de Compostela 45, Windhoek 25: Santiago de Compostela leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Santiago de Compostela 62, Windhoek 52: Santiago de Compostela leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Santiago de Compostela 72, Windhoek 14: Santiago de Compostela leads by 58 points.
Good for families. Santiago de Compostela 42, Windhoek 30: Santiago de Compostela leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Santiago de Compostela 70, Windhoek 22: Santiago de Compostela leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Santiago de Compostela 35, Windhoek 30: Santiago de Compostela leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Santiago de Compostela 64, Windhoek 62: Santiago de Compostela leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Santiago de Compostela 40, Windhoek 18: Santiago de Compostela leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Santiago de Compostela 42, Windhoek 30: Santiago de Compostela leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Santiago de Compostela and Windhoek.

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 day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

Has no clear advantage with the weighting you have chosen.

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

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Santiago de CompostelaWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Santiago de Compostela: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago / Labacolla (8.4 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSantiago de CompostelaWindhoek
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation260 m1,650 m
Main airportSantiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (SCQ)10 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSantiago de CompostelaWindhoek
City population100,965486,169
People per km²45995
Museums within 10 km65
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.