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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
The Basilica of Superga, Turin
TurinThe Basilica of Superga

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Turin by Konstantin Dacosta, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Alicante or Turin?

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 Alicante for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

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

Choose Turin for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Turin’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. Alicante 82, Turin 12: Alicante leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Turin 81: Turin leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Turin 78: Turin leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Turin 50: Alicante leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Turin 80: Turin leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Turin 84: Turin leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Turin 57: Alicante leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Turin 68: Turin leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Turin 58: Turin leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Turin 58: Alicante leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Turin 65: Turin leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante and Turin are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Turin.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Alicante
59match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Turin
61match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Alicante in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Turin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
56 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Turin has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Turin: 1991-2020 normals, Torino / Caselle (15.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteTurin
Official languageSpanishItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation3 m239 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsTurin Airport (TRN)14 km from centre65 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteTurin
City population366,221841,600
People per km²1,8196,474
Museums within 10 km872
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months-

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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.