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Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge
The Basilica of Superga, Turin
TurinThe Basilica of Superga

Photos: London by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Turin by Konstantin Dacosta, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

London 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 London for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Turin for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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. London 25, Turin 12: London leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. London 84, Turin 81: London leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. London 94, Turin 78: London leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. London 88, Turin 50: London leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. London 57, Turin 80: Turin leads by 23 points.
Day trips. London 90, Turin 84: London leads by 6 points.
Good for families. London 82, Turin 57: London leads by 25 points.
Getting around. London 85, Turin 68: London leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. London 95, Turin 58: London leads by 37 points.
Affordability. London 15, Turin 58: Turin leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. London 98, Turin 65: London leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. London and Turin are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: London and Turin.

Your match

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

London
Best match
71match

Wins on nightlife and shopping with your weighting.

Turin
61match

Wins on prices 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.

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 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. London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre). Turin: 1991-2020 normals, Torino / Caselle (15.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLondonTurin
Official languageEnglishItalian
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation4 m239 m
Main airportLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinationsTurin Airport (TRN)14 km from centre65 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLondonTurin
City population8,799,728841,600
People per km²5,5986,474
Museums within 10 km21672
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km44

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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.