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The cathedral facade, Siena
SienaThe cathedral facade
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Siena by Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Siena or Tallinn?

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 Siena for

  • day trips
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • families
  • nightlife
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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. Siena 14, Tallinn 28: Tallinn leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Siena 62, Tallinn 52: Siena leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Siena 78, Tallinn 68: Siena leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Siena 27, Tallinn 44: Tallinn leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Siena 65, Tallinn 55: Siena leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Siena 94, Tallinn 58: Siena leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Siena 38, Tallinn 60: Tallinn leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Siena 60, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Siena 35, Tallinn 40: Tallinn leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Siena 42, Tallinn 47: Tallinn leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Siena 36, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Siena 55, Tallinn 50: Siena leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Siena and Tallinn.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Siena
51match

Wins on day trips and food and drink with your weighting.

Tallinn
52match

Wins on families and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Siena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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. Siena: 2006-2017 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Arezzo (45 km from centre). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSienaTallinn
Official languageItalianEstonian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation322 m28 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)55 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSienaTallinn
City population52,812457,572
People per km²4462,871
Museums within 10 km3016
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km51
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.