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Vine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley, Mendoza
MendozaVine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley
The Basilica of Superga, Turin
TurinThe Basilica of Superga

Photos: Mendoza by David, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Turin by Konstantin Dacosta, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Mendoza 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 Mendoza for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Turin for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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. Mendoza 6, Turin 12: Turin leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Mendoza 68, Turin 81: Turin leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Mendoza 30, Turin 78: Turin leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Mendoza 40, Turin 50: Turin leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mendoza 83, Turin 80: Mendoza leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Mendoza 52, Turin 84: Turin leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Mendoza 42, Turin 57: Turin leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Mendoza 48, Turin 68: Turin leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Mendoza 33, Turin 58: Turin leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Mendoza 56, Turin 58: Turin leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mendoza 33, Turin 65: Turin leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mendoza 55, Turin 40: Mendoza leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mendoza and Turin.

Your match

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

Mendoza
46match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Turin
Best match
61match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Mendoza in July

15 °Cdaytime high
2 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
10 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. Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre). Turin: 1991-2020 normals, Torino / Caselle (15.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMendozaTurin
Official languageSpanishItalian
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911112
Elevation769 m239 m
Main airportGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsTurin Airport (TRN)14 km from centre65 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMendozaTurin
City population127,160841,600
People per km²2,3556,474
Museums within 10 km172
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). 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. 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. 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.