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Painted colonial houses in the Pelourinho, Salvador
SalvadorPainted colonial houses in the Pelourinho
The Basilica of Superga, Turin
TurinThe Basilica of Superga

Photos: Salvador by Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Turin by Konstantin Dacosta, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Salvador 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 Salvador for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Turin for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • 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. Salvador 84, Turin 12: Salvador leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Salvador 66, Turin 81: Turin leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Salvador 74, Turin 78: Turin leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Salvador 70, Turin 50: Salvador leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Salvador 52, Turin 80: Turin leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Salvador 56, Turin 84: Turin leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Salvador 42, Turin 57: Turin leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Salvador 42, Turin 68: Turin leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Salvador 42, Turin 58: Turin leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Salvador 70, Turin 58: Salvador leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Salvador 63, Turin 65: Turin leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Salvador 32, Turin 40: Turin leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Salvador and Turin.

Your match

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

Salvador
58match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Turin
Best match
61match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Salvador in July

27 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
201 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

Turin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
56 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
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. Salvador: 1991-2020 normals, Salvador (4.5 km from centre). Turin: 1991-2020 normals, Torino / Caselle (15.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSalvadorTurin
Official languagePortugueseItalian
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCN60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation8 m239 m
Main airportDeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SSA)20 km from centre31 non-stop destinationsTurin Airport (TRN)14 km from centre65 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSalvadorTurin
City population2,417,678841,600
People per km²3,4896,474
Museums within 10 km4972
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.