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Bell Rock outside Sedona, Sedona
SedonaBell Rock outside Sedona
The cathedral facade, Siena
SienaThe cathedral facade

Photos: Sedona by dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Siena by Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Sedona 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 Sedona for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • families

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

Choose Siena for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • 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. Sedona 16, Siena 14: Sedona leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Sedona 33, Siena 62: Siena leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Sedona 20, Siena 78: Siena leads by 58 points.
Nightlife. Sedona 8, Siena 27: Siena leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sedona 93, Siena 65: Sedona leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Sedona 55, Siena 94: Siena leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Sedona 42, Siena 38: Sedona leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Sedona 22, Siena 60: Siena leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Sedona 34, Siena 35: Siena leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Sedona 18, Siena 42: Siena leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sedona 13, Siena 36: Siena leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sedona 82, Siena 55: Sedona leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sedona and Siena.

Your match

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

Sedona
36match

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

Siena
Best match
51match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Sedona in July

34 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
51 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

Sedona's station stands 153 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Sedona 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. Sedona: 2009-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sedona / West Sedona (1.3 km from centre). Siena: 2006-2017 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Arezzo (45 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSedonaSiena
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
Elevation1,319 m322 m
Main airportPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)160 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

MeasureSedonaSiena
City population9,68452,812
People per km²195446
Museums within 10 km030
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). 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.