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Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city
The cathedral facade, Siena
SienaThe cathedral facade

Photos: Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Siena by Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Scottsdale 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 Scottsdale for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • families

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

Choose Siena for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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. Scottsdale 8, Siena 14: Siena leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Scottsdale 46, Siena 62: Siena leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Scottsdale 38, Siena 78: Siena leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Scottsdale 52, Siena 27: Scottsdale leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Scottsdale 68, Siena 65: Scottsdale leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Scottsdale 50, Siena 94: Siena leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Scottsdale 60, Siena 38: Scottsdale leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Scottsdale 20, Siena 60: Siena leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Scottsdale 60, Siena 35: Scottsdale leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Scottsdale 32, Siena 42: Siena leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Scottsdale 40, Siena 36: Scottsdale leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Scottsdale 72, Siena 55: Scottsdale leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Scottsdale and Siena.

Your match

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

Scottsdale
46match

Wins on nightlife and shopping 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.

Scottsdale in July

41 °Cdaytime high
29 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
14 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

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. Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre). Siena: 2006-2017 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Arezzo (45 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureScottsdaleSiena
Official language-Italian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation380 m322 m
Main airportPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)55 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureScottsdaleSiena
City population241,36152,812
People per km²-446
Museums within 10 km1030
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15

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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). 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.