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Parliament Hill across the Ottawa River, Ottawa
OttawaParliament Hill across the Ottawa River
The Basilica of Superga, Turin
TurinThe Basilica of Superga

Photos: Ottawa by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Turin by Konstantin Dacosta, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Ottawa 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 Ottawa for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • families

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

Choose Turin for

  • food and drink
  • day trips
  • shopping

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. Ottawa 35, Turin 12: Ottawa leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Ottawa 45, Turin 81: Turin leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Ottawa 62, Turin 78: Turin leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Ottawa 35, Turin 50: Turin leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ottawa 68, Turin 80: Turin leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Ottawa 55, Turin 84: Turin leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Ottawa 68, Turin 57: Ottawa leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Ottawa 62, Turin 68: Turin leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Ottawa 40, Turin 58: Turin leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Ottawa 40, Turin 58: Turin leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ottawa 52, Turin 65: Turin leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ottawa 55, Turin 40: Ottawa leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ottawa and Turin.

Your match

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

Ottawa
51match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Turin
Best match
61match

Wins on food and drink 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.

Ottawa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
15 hdaylight a day

Turin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
56 mmrain in the month
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. Ottawa: 1991-2020 normals, Ottawa CDA RCS (5.3 km from centre). Turin: 1991-2020 normals, Torino / Caselle (15.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOttawaTurin
Official languageFrench, EnglishItalian
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation70 m239 m
Main airportOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW)12 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsTurin Airport (TRN)14 km from centre65 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureOttawaTurin
City population1,017,449841,600
People per km²3666,474
Museums within 10 km2072
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14

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.