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The cathedral and Great St. Martin on the Rhine, Cologne
CologneThe cathedral and Great St. Martin on the Rhine
The Basilica of Superga, Turin
TurinThe Basilica of Superga

Photos: Cologne by Jörg Braukmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Turin by Konstantin Dacosta, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Cologne 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 Cologne for

  • nightlife
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Turin for

  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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. Cologne 14, Turin 12: Cologne leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Cologne 52, Turin 81: Turin leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Cologne 67, Turin 78: Turin leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Cologne 66, Turin 50: Cologne leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cologne 56, Turin 80: Turin leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Cologne 80, Turin 84: Turin leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Cologne 70, Turin 57: Cologne leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Cologne 74, Turin 68: Cologne leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Cologne 57, Turin 58: Turin leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Cologne 46, Turin 58: Turin leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cologne 68, Turin 65: Cologne leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cologne 50, Turin 40: Cologne leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cologne and Turin.

Your match

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

Cologne
58match

Wins on nightlife and families with your weighting.

Turin
Best match
61match

Wins on food and drink 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.

Cologne in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
81 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 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. Cologne: 1991-2020 normals, Köln-Stammheim (5.4 km from centre). Turin: 1991-2020 normals, Torino / Caselle (15.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCologneTurin
Official languageGermanItalian
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
Elevation59 m239 m
Main airportCologne Bonn Airport (CGN)15 km from centre115 non-stop destinationsTurin Airport (TRN)14 km from centre65 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCologneTurin
City population1,025,523841,600
People per km²2,5326,474
Museums within 10 km4072
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km34

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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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.