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The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue
The Basilica of Superga, Turin
TurinThe Basilica of Superga

Photos: Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Turin by Konstantin Dacosta, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Mombasa 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 Mombasa for

  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Turin for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • getting around

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. Mombasa 82, Turin 12: Mombasa leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Mombasa 60, Turin 81: Turin leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Mombasa 55, Turin 78: Turin leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Mombasa 46, Turin 50: Turin leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mombasa 74, Turin 80: Turin leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Mombasa 45, Turin 84: Turin leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Mombasa 45, Turin 57: Turin leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Mombasa 30, Turin 68: Turin leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Mombasa 35, Turin 58: Turin leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Mombasa 70, Turin 58: Mombasa leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mombasa 22, Turin 65: Turin leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mombasa and Turin are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mombasa and Turin.

Your match

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

Mombasa
50match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Turin
Best match
61match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

Mombasa in July

28 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
26 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Turin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
56 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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MombasaTurin

Where the figures come from

Mombasa 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.

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. Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre). Turin: 1991-2020 normals, Torino / Caselle (15.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMombasaTurin
Official languageEnglish, SwahiliItalian
CurrencyKenyan Shilling (KES)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999112
Elevation50 m239 m
Main airportMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsTurin Airport (TRN)14 km from centre65 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMombasaTurin
City population1,208,333841,600
People per km²4,1006,474
Museums within 10 km072
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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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). 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.