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A canal bridge in autumn, Amsterdam
AmsterdamA canal bridge in autumn
The cathedral facade, Siena
SienaThe cathedral facade

Photos: Amsterdam by Hans, Pexels License; Siena by Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Amsterdam or Siena?

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 Amsterdam for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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

Choose Siena for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Siena’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. Amsterdam 25, Siena 14: Amsterdam leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Amsterdam 58, Siena 62: Siena leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Amsterdam 82, Siena 78: Amsterdam leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Amsterdam 77, Siena 27: Amsterdam leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amsterdam 47, Siena 65: Siena leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Amsterdam 87, Siena 94: Siena leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Amsterdam 72, Siena 38: Amsterdam leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Amsterdam 86, Siena 60: Amsterdam leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Amsterdam 68, Siena 35: Amsterdam leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Amsterdam 22, Siena 42: Siena leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amsterdam 78, Siena 36: Amsterdam leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amsterdam 42, Siena 55: Siena leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amsterdam and Siena.

Your match

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

Amsterdam
Best match
62match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Siena
51match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Amsterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
84 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Siena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
27 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

Amsterdam 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.

Amsterdam's sunshine is measured 35 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Siena's temperatures are measured 45 km from the centre, at Arezzo.

Siena 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. Amsterdam: 1991-2020 normals, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (12 km from centre). Siena: 2006-2017 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Arezzo (45 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmsterdamSiena
Official languageDutchItalian
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
Elevation-2 m322 m
Main airportAmsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)12 km from centre287 non-stop destinationsFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)55 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmsterdamSiena
City population921,46852,812
People per km²4,208446
Museums within 10 km10130
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km55
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.