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Nyhavn, Copenhagen
CopenhagenNyhavn
The cathedral facade, Siena
SienaThe cathedral facade

Photos: Copenhagen by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Siena by Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Copenhagen or Siena?

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 Copenhagen for

  • families
  • shopping
  • nightlife

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

Choose Siena for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Siena’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. Copenhagen 40, Siena 14: Copenhagen leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Copenhagen 76, Siena 62: Copenhagen leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Copenhagen 72, Siena 78: Siena leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Copenhagen 60, Siena 27: Copenhagen leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Copenhagen 45, Siena 65: Siena leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Copenhagen 72, Siena 94: Siena leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Copenhagen 85, Siena 38: Copenhagen leads by 47 points.
Getting around. Copenhagen 85, Siena 60: Copenhagen leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Copenhagen 70, Siena 35: Copenhagen leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Copenhagen 18, Siena 42: Siena leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Copenhagen 68, Siena 36: Copenhagen leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Copenhagen and Siena are level on 55.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Copenhagen and Siena.

Your match

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

Copenhagen
Best match
62match

Wins on families and shopping with your weighting.

Siena
51match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Copenhagen in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
17 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Siena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
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

Siena's temperatures are measured 45 km from the centre, at Arezzo.

Siena 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. Copenhagen: 1991-2020 normals, Koebenhavn / Landbohoejskolen (2.4 km from centre). Siena: 2006-2017 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Arezzo (45 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCopenhagenSiena
Official languageDanishItalian
CurrencyDanish Krone (DKK)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCEFK230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation14 m322 m
Main airportCopenhagen Kastrup Airport (CPH)8 km from centre196 non-stop destinationsFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)55 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCopenhagenSiena
City population667,09952,812
People per km²7,339446
Museums within 10 km7230
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km55
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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.