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Santa Claus Village in winter, Rovaniemi
RovaniemiSanta Claus Village in winter
The cathedral facade, Siena
SienaThe cathedral facade

Photos: Rovaniemi by Moskenes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Siena by Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Rovaniemi or Siena?

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 Rovaniemi for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Siena for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Siena’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. Rovaniemi 10, Siena 14: Siena leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Rovaniemi 25, Siena 62: Siena leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Rovaniemi 22, Siena 78: Siena leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. Rovaniemi 15, Siena 27: Siena leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Rovaniemi 78, Siena 65: Rovaniemi leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Rovaniemi 8, Siena 94: Siena leads by 86 points.
Good for families. Rovaniemi 72, Siena 38: Rovaniemi leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Rovaniemi 36, Siena 60: Siena leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Rovaniemi 18, Siena 35: Siena leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Rovaniemi 18, Siena 42: Siena leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Rovaniemi 22, Siena 36: Siena leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Rovaniemi 60, Siena 55: Rovaniemi leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Rovaniemi and Siena.

Your match

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

Rovaniemi
32match

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

Siena
Best match
51match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Rovaniemi in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
22 hdaylight a day

Siena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
27 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

Rovaniemi 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.

Siena's temperatures are measured 45 km from the centre, at Arezzo.

Siena 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. Rovaniemi: 2008-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Rovaniemi Rautatieasema / Kuusela (0.6 km from centre). Siena: 2006-2017 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Arezzo (45 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureRovaniemiSiena
Official languageFinnish, SwedishItalian
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
Elevation88 m322 m
Main airportRovaniemi Airport (RVN)8 km from centre44 non-stop destinationsFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)55 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureRovaniemiSiena
City population65,32952,812
People per km²9446
Museums within 10 km630
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05

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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.