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La Concha beach and Monte Urgull, San Sebastian
San SebastianLa Concha beach and Monte Urgull
The Basilica of Superga, Turin
TurinThe Basilica of Superga

Photos: San Sebastian by Guérin Nicolas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Turin by Konstantin Dacosta, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

San Sebastian 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 San Sebastian for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • wellness

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

Choose Turin for

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

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. San Sebastian 68, Turin 12: San Sebastian leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. San Sebastian 88, Turin 81: San Sebastian leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. San Sebastian 52, Turin 78: Turin leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. San Sebastian 44, Turin 50: Turin leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. San Sebastian 72, Turin 80: Turin leads by 8 points.
Day trips. San Sebastian 80, Turin 84: Turin leads by 4 points.
Good for families. San Sebastian 66, Turin 57: San Sebastian leads by 9 points.
Getting around. San Sebastian 80, Turin 68: San Sebastian leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. San Sebastian 40, Turin 58: Turin leads by 18 points.
Affordability. San Sebastian 32, Turin 58: Turin leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. San Sebastian 45, Turin 65: Turin leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. San Sebastian 50, Turin 40: San Sebastian leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: San Sebastian and Turin.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

San Sebastian
60match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

Turin
61match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

San Sebastian in July

22 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
92 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 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

San Sebastian's station stands 252 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

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. San Sebastian: 1991-2020 normals, San Sebastian / Igueldo (6.1 km from centre). Turin: 1991-2020 normals, Torino / Caselle (15.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSan SebastianTurin
Official languageSpanishItalian
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
Elevation6 m239 m
Main airportSan Sebastián Airport (EAS)16 km from centre11 non-stop destinationsTurin Airport (TRN)14 km from centre65 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSan SebastianTurin
City population189,866841,600
People per km²3,1186,474
Museums within 10 km1472
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km34
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.