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The Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza, Calgary
CalgaryThe Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza
The Basilica of Superga, Turin
TurinThe Basilica of Superga

Photos: Calgary by abdallahh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Turin by Konstantin Dacosta, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Calgary 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 Calgary for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Turin for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • day trips

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. Calgary 8, Turin 12: Turin leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Calgary 45, Turin 81: Turin leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Calgary 35, Turin 78: Turin leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Calgary 40, Turin 50: Turin leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Calgary 88, Turin 80: Calgary leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Calgary 55, Turin 84: Turin leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Calgary 68, Turin 57: Calgary leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Calgary 42, Turin 68: Turin leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Calgary 42, Turin 58: Turin leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Calgary 42, Turin 58: Turin leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Calgary 46, Turin 65: Turin leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Calgary 42, Turin 40: Calgary leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Calgary and Turin.

Your match

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

Calgary
46match

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

Turin
Best match
61match

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.

Calgary in July

25 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
16 hdaylight a day

Turin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
56 mmrain in the month
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. Calgary: 1991-2020 normals, Calgary Int'l CS (8.2 km from centre). Turin: 1991-2020 normals, Torino / Caselle (15.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCalgaryTurin
Official languageFrench, EnglishItalian
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,045 m239 m
Main airportCalgary International Airport (YYC)9 km from centre103 non-stop destinationsTurin Airport (TRN)14 km from centre65 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCalgaryTurin
City population1,306,784841,600
People per km²1,5836,474
Museums within 10 km1372
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04

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). 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.