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The Massachusetts State House, Boston
BostonThe Massachusetts State House
The Basilica of Superga, Turin
TurinThe Basilica of Superga

Photos: Boston by Ajay Suresh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Turin by Konstantin Dacosta, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Boston 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 Boston for

  • beaches
  • families
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Turin for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

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. Boston 35, Turin 12: Boston leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Boston 64, Turin 81: Turin leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Boston 72, Turin 78: Turin leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Boston 47, Turin 50: Turin leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boston 60, Turin 80: Turin leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Boston 72, Turin 84: Turin leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Boston 72, Turin 57: Boston leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Boston 70, Turin 68: Boston leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Boston 55, Turin 58: Turin leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Boston 18, Turin 58: Turin leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boston 72, Turin 65: Boston leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boston 30, Turin 40: Turin leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Boston and Turin.

Your match

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

Boston
56match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Turin
Best match
61match

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.

Boston in July

28 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
18 °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. Boston: 1991-2020 normals, Boston Logan International (3.5 km from centre). Turin: 1991-2020 normals, Torino / Caselle (15.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBostonTurin
Official language-Italian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation43 m239 m
Main airportBoston Logan International Airport (BOS)4 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsTurin Airport (TRN)14 km from centre65 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBostonTurin
City population675,647841,600
People per km²2,9106,474
Museums within 10 km5172
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.

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.