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Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace
The Basilica of Superga, Turin
TurinThe Basilica of Superga

Photos: Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Turin by Konstantin Dacosta, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Quebec City 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 Quebec City for

  • wellness
  • families
  • beaches

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

Choose Turin for

  • day trips
  • food and drink
  • 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. Quebec City 18, Turin 12: Quebec City leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Quebec City 57, Turin 81: Turin leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Quebec City 70, Turin 78: Turin leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Quebec City 42, Turin 50: Turin leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Quebec City 79, Turin 80: Turin leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Quebec City 58, Turin 84: Turin leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Quebec City 64, Turin 57: Quebec City leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Quebec City 50, Turin 68: Turin leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Quebec City 45, Turin 58: Turin leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Quebec City 45, Turin 58: Turin leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Quebec City 52, Turin 65: Turin leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Quebec City 55, Turin 40: Quebec City leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Quebec City and Turin.

Your match

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

Quebec City
53match

Wins on wellness and families with your weighting.

Turin
Best match
61match

Wins on day trips and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
16 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. Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre). Turin: 1991-2020 normals, Torino / Caselle (15.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQuebec CityTurin
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
Elevation98 m239 m
Main airportQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinationsTurin Airport (TRN)14 km from centre65 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureQuebec CityTurin
City population574,482841,600
People per km²1,1846,474
Museums within 10 km1672
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.