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The Frauenkirche towers and the Mariensäule, Munich
MunichThe Frauenkirche towers and the Mariensäule
The cathedral facade, Siena
SienaThe cathedral facade

Photos: Munich by 0xd1ma, Pexels License; Siena by Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Munich or Siena?

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 Munich for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • shopping

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

Choose Siena for

  • prices
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Siena’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. Munich 28, Siena 14: Munich leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Munich and Siena are level on 62.
Culture & sights. Munich 79, Siena 78: Munich leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Munich 56, Siena 27: Munich leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Munich 82, Siena 65: Munich leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Munich 86, Siena 94: Siena leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Munich 78, Siena 38: Munich leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Munich 86, Siena 60: Munich leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Munich 72, Siena 35: Munich leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Munich 32, Siena 42: Siena leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Munich 84, Siena 36: Munich leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Munich 62, Siena 55: Munich leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Munich and Siena.

Your match

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

Munich
Best match
67match

Wins on live music and the arts and families with your weighting.

Siena
51match

Wins on prices 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.

Munich in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Siena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
27 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

Siena's temperatures are measured 45 km from the centre, at Arezzo.

Siena 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. Munich: 1991-2020 normals, München (1.9 km from centre). Siena: 2006-2017 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Arezzo (45 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMunichSiena
Official languageGermanItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation519 m322 m
Main airportMunich Airport (MUC)29 km from centre210 non-stop destinationsFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)55 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMunichSiena
City population1,505,03652,812
People per km²4,844446
Museums within 10 km7430
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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.