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The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo
The Basilica of Superga, Turin
TurinThe Basilica of Superga

Photos: Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License; Turin by Konstantin Dacosta, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Mexico City 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 Mexico City for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • prices

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

Choose Turin for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • day trips

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. Mexico City 5, Turin 12: Turin leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Mexico City 90, Turin 81: Mexico City leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Mexico City 88, Turin 78: Mexico City leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Mexico City 80, Turin 50: Mexico City leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mexico City 50, Turin 80: Turin leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Mexico City 75, Turin 84: Turin leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Mexico City 58, Turin 57: Mexico City leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Mexico City 50, Turin 68: Turin leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Mexico City 76, Turin 58: Mexico City leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Mexico City 75, Turin 58: Mexico City leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mexico City 72, Turin 65: Mexico City leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mexico City and Turin are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mexico City and Turin.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Mexico City
63match

Wins on nightlife and shopping with your weighting.

Turin
61match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 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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Mexico CityTurin

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. Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre). Turin: 1991-2020 normals, Torino / Caselle (15.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMexico CityTurin
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaItalian
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,240 m239 m
Main airportMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinationsTurin Airport (TRN)14 km from centre65 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMexico CityTurin
City population9,209,944841,600
People per km²6,2026,474
Museums within 10 km10872
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km64

Where else could you go?

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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.