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The terrace on Cerro Santa Lucía, Santiago
SantiagoThe terrace on Cerro Santa Lucía
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Santiago by Rjcastillo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Santiago or Seville?

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 for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Seville for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Seville’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 12, Seville 18: Seville leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Santiago 60, Seville 73: Seville leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Santiago 52, Seville 82: Seville leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Santiago 60, Seville 62: Seville leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Santiago 83, Seville 52: Santiago leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Santiago 70, Seville 80: Seville leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Santiago 57, Seville 55: Santiago leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Santiago 68, Seville 72: Seville leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Santiago 52, Seville 55: Seville leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Santiago and Seville are level on 58.
Live music & performing arts. Santiago 55, Seville 68: Seville leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Santiago 37, Seville 40: Seville leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Santiago and Seville.

Your match

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

Santiago
55match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families with your weighting.

Seville
Best match
60match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Santiago in July

14 °Cdaytime high
4 °Cnight-time low
52 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
10 hdaylight a day

Seville in July

36 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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SantiagoSeville

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Santiago: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago Q. Normal (3.1 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSantiagoSeville
Official languageSpanishSpanish
CurrencyChilean Peso (CLP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCL220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4, UTC-3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132112
Elevation575 m18 m
Main airportComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)14 km from centre67 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSantiagoSeville
City population6,257,516689,423
People per km²7,4684,896
Museums within 10 km5424
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

Where else could you go?

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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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.