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Yellow colonial houses in the walled city, Cartagena
CartagenaYellow colonial houses in the walled city
The Basilica of Superga, Turin
TurinThe Basilica of Superga

Photos: Cartagena by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Turin by Konstantin Dacosta, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Cartagena 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 Cartagena for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Turin for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

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. Cartagena 70, Turin 12: Cartagena leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Cartagena 62, Turin 81: Turin leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Cartagena 68, Turin 78: Turin leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Cartagena 70, Turin 50: Cartagena leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cartagena 46, Turin 80: Turin leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Cartagena 33, Turin 84: Turin leads by 51 points.
Good for families. Cartagena 40, Turin 57: Turin leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Cartagena 54, Turin 68: Turin leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Cartagena 48, Turin 58: Turin leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Cartagena 60, Turin 58: Cartagena leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cartagena 40, Turin 65: Turin leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cartagena and Turin are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cartagena and Turin.

Your match

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

Cartagena
53match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Turin
Best match
61match

Wins on day trips 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.

Cartagena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
124 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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. Cartagena: 1991-2020 normals, Cartagena / Rafael Nunez (3.1 km from centre). Turin: 1991-2020 normals, Torino / Caselle (15.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCartagenaTurin
Official languageSpanishItalian
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number123112
Elevation2 m239 m
Main airportRafael Nuñez International Airport (CTG)2 km from centre26 non-stop destinationsTurin Airport (TRN)14 km from centre65 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCartagenaTurin
City population914,552841,600
People per km²1,5996,474
Museums within 10 km272
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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.