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The wharf at Queenstown with the Remarkables behind, Queenstown
QueenstownThe wharf at Queenstown with the Remarkables behind
The Basilica of Superga, Turin
TurinThe Basilica of Superga

Photos: Queenstown by Robert Linsdell, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Turin by Konstantin Dacosta, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Queenstown 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 Queenstown for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Turin for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • prices

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. Queenstown 20, Turin 12: Queenstown leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Queenstown 45, Turin 81: Turin leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Queenstown 12, Turin 78: Turin leads by 66 points.
Nightlife. Queenstown 42, Turin 50: Turin leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Queenstown 97, Turin 80: Queenstown leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Queenstown 50, Turin 84: Turin leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Queenstown 60, Turin 57: Queenstown leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Queenstown 45, Turin 68: Turin leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Queenstown 28, Turin 58: Turin leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Queenstown 20, Turin 58: Turin leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Queenstown 14, Turin 65: Turin leads by 51 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Queenstown 42, Turin 40: Queenstown leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Queenstown and Turin.

Your match

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

Queenstown
40match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches with your weighting.

Turin
Best match
61match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Queenstown in July

6 °Cdaytime high
-1 °Cnight-time low
115 mmrain in the month
9 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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QueenstownTurin

Where the figures come from

Queenstown has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

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. Queenstown: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km. Turin: 1991-2020 normals, Torino / Caselle (15.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQueenstownTurin
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriItalian
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111112
Elevation324 m239 m
Main airportQueenstown Airport (ZQN)7 km from centre7 non-stop destinationsTurin Airport (TRN)14 km from centre65 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureQueenstownTurin
City population29,000841,600
People per km²-6,474
Museums within 10 km072
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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.