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The cathedral facade, Siena
SienaThe cathedral facade
Mountain Village under snow, seen from the gondola, Telluride
TellurideMountain Village under snow, seen from the gondola

Photos: Siena by Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Telluride by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Siena or Telluride?

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
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose Telluride for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Telluride’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, Telluride 5: Siena leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Siena 62, Telluride 38: Siena leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Siena 78, Telluride 20: Siena leads by 58 points.
Nightlife. Siena 27, Telluride 20: Siena leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Siena 65, Telluride 93: Telluride leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Siena 94, Telluride 30: Siena leads by 64 points.
Good for families. Siena 38, Telluride 45: Telluride leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Siena 60, Telluride 66: Telluride leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Siena 35, Telluride 25: Siena leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Siena 42, Telluride 7: Siena leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Siena 36, Telluride 35: Siena leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Siena 55, Telluride 45: Siena leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Siena and Telluride.

Your match

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

Siena
Best match
51match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Telluride
36match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families 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
15 hdaylight a day

Telluride in July

23 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
58 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.

Telluride 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). Telluride: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Telluride / Lime (8.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSienaTelluride
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation322 m2,667 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)55 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsMontrose Regional Airport (MTJ)64 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSienaTelluride
City population52,8122,607
People per km²4461,372
Museums within 10 km300
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50

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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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.