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Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple
The Basilica of Superga, Turin
TurinThe Basilica of Superga

Photos: Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Turin by Konstantin Dacosta, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Luang Prabang 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 Luang Prabang for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • beaches

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

Choose Turin for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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. Luang Prabang 14, Turin 12: Luang Prabang leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Luang Prabang 42, Turin 81: Turin leads by 39 points.
Culture & sights. Luang Prabang 65, Turin 78: Turin leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Luang Prabang 8, Turin 50: Turin leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luang Prabang 68, Turin 80: Turin leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Luang Prabang 35, Turin 84: Turin leads by 49 points.
Good for families. Luang Prabang 38, Turin 57: Turin leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Luang Prabang 50, Turin 68: Turin leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Luang Prabang 38, Turin 58: Turin leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Luang Prabang 80, Turin 58: Luang Prabang leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luang Prabang 18, Turin 65: Turin leads by 47 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luang Prabang 60, Turin 40: Luang Prabang leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luang Prabang and Turin.

Your match

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

Luang Prabang
43match

Wins on prices and wellness 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.

Luang Prabang in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
250 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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Luang PrabangTurin

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. Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre). Turin: 1991-2020 normals, Torino / Caselle (15.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuang PrabangTurin
Official languageLaoItalian
CurrencyLao Kip (LAK)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABCEF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 195, fire 190112
Elevation305 m239 m
Main airportLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinationsTurin Airport (TRN)14 km from centre65 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuang PrabangTurin
City population53,792841,600
People per km²-6,474
Museums within 10 km072
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14

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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). 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. 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.