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The Dzhumaya Mosque, Plovdiv
PlovdivThe Dzhumaya Mosque
The Basilica of Superga, Turin
TurinThe Basilica of Superga

Photos: Plovdiv by Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Turin by Konstantin Dacosta, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Plovdiv 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 Plovdiv for

  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Turin for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

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. Plovdiv 7, Turin 12: Turin leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Plovdiv 50, Turin 81: Turin leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Plovdiv 66, Turin 78: Turin leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Plovdiv 42, Turin 50: Turin leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Plovdiv 68, Turin 80: Turin leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Plovdiv 70, Turin 84: Turin leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Plovdiv 40, Turin 57: Turin leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Plovdiv 65, Turin 68: Turin leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Plovdiv 33, Turin 58: Turin leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Plovdiv 78, Turin 58: Plovdiv leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Plovdiv 42, Turin 65: Turin leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Plovdiv 44, Turin 40: Plovdiv leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Plovdiv and Turin.

Your match

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

Plovdiv
50match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Turin
Best match
61match

Wins on food and drink and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Plovdiv in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
15 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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Where the figures come from

Plovdiv 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.

Plovdiv's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Kurdjali.

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. Plovdiv: 1997-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Plovdiv (1.2 km from centre). Turin: 1991-2020 normals, Torino / Caselle (15.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePlovdivTurin
Official languageBulgarianItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation172 m239 m
Main airportPlovdiv International Airport (PDV)12 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsTurin Airport (TRN)14 km from centre65 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePlovdivTurin
City population333,994841,600
People per km²3,2746,474
Museums within 10 km1872
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04

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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.