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Wat Chiang Man in the old city, Chiang Mai
Chiang MaiWat Chiang Man in the old city
The Basilica of Superga, Turin
TurinThe Basilica of Superga

Photos: Chiang Mai by Gije Cho, Pexels License; Turin by Konstantin Dacosta, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Chiang Mai 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 Chiang Mai for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • shopping

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

Choose Turin for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

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. Chiang Mai 6, Turin 12: Turin leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Chiang Mai 78, Turin 81: Turin leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Chiang Mai 65, Turin 78: Turin leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Chiang Mai 45, Turin 50: Turin leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chiang Mai 73, Turin 80: Turin leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Chiang Mai 48, Turin 84: Turin leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Chiang Mai 55, Turin 57: Turin leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Chiang Mai 38, Turin 68: Turin leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Chiang Mai 62, Turin 58: Chiang Mai leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Chiang Mai 90, Turin 58: Chiang Mai leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chiang Mai 30, Turin 65: Turin leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chiang Mai 82, Turin 40: Chiang Mai leads by 42 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chiang Mai and Turin.

Your match

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

Chiang Mai
56match

Wins on wellness and prices with your weighting.

Turin
Best match
61match

Wins on day trips 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.

Chiang Mai in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Turin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
56 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
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. Chiang Mai: 1991-2020 normals, Chiang Mai (0.6 km from centre). Turin: 1991-2020 normals, Torino / Caselle (15.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChiang MaiTurin
Official languageThaiItalian
CurrencyBaht (THB)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199112
Elevation310 m239 m
Main airportChiang Mai International Airport (CNX)3 km from centre28 non-stop destinationsTurin Airport (TRN)14 km from centre65 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureChiang MaiTurin
City population1,198,000841,600
People per km²2,9586,474
Museums within 10 km672
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04

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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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.