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Kek Lok Si temple on the hillside, Penang
PenangKek Lok Si temple on the hillside
The Basilica of Superga, Turin
TurinThe Basilica of Superga

Photos: Penang by Supanut Arunoprayote, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Turin by Konstantin Dacosta, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Penang 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 Penang for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Turin for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • 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. Penang 44, Turin 12: Penang leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Penang 86, Turin 81: Penang leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Penang 70, Turin 78: Turin leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Penang 40, Turin 50: Turin leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Penang 55, Turin 80: Turin leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Penang 42, Turin 84: Turin leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Penang 52, Turin 57: Turin leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Penang 40, Turin 68: Turin leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Penang 42, Turin 58: Turin leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Penang 78, Turin 58: Penang leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Penang 30, Turin 65: Turin leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Penang 42, Turin 40: Penang leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Penang and Turin.

Your match

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

Penang
52match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Turin
Best match
61match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Penang in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
189 mmrain in the month
30 °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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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. Penang: 1991-2020 normals, Penang / Bayan Lepas (14.5 km from centre). Turin: 1991-2020 normals, Torino / Caselle (15.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePenangTurin
Official languageMalayItalian
CurrencyMalaysian Ringgit (MYR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number999112
Elevation4 m239 m
Main airportPenang International Airport (PEN)14 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsTurin Airport (TRN)14 km from centre65 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePenangTurin
City population794,313841,600
People per km²-6,474
Museums within 10 km972
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.