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The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress
The Basilica of Superga, Turin
TurinThe Basilica of Superga

Photos: Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License; Turin by Konstantin Dacosta, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Salzburg 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 Salzburg for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • wellness

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

Choose Turin for

  • food and drink
  • prices
  • nightlife

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. Salzburg 35, Turin 12: Salzburg leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Salzburg 45, Turin 81: Turin leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Salzburg 72, Turin 78: Turin leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Salzburg 25, Turin 50: Turin leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Salzburg 86, Turin 80: Salzburg leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Salzburg 80, Turin 84: Turin leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Salzburg 65, Turin 57: Salzburg leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Salzburg 72, Turin 68: Salzburg leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Salzburg 48, Turin 58: Turin leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Salzburg 32, Turin 58: Turin leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Salzburg 80, Turin 65: Salzburg leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Salzburg 55, Turin 40: Salzburg leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Salzburg and Turin.

Your match

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

Salzburg
58match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Turin
Best match
61match

Wins on food and drink and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 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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SalzburgTurin

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. Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre). Turin: 1991-2020 normals, Torino / Caselle (15.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSalzburgTurin
Official languageGerman, Austrian Sign LanguageItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation424 m239 m
Main airportSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsTurin Airport (TRN)14 km from centre65 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSalzburgTurin
City population155,021841,600
People per km²2,3606,474
Museums within 10 km3872
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km34

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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.