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The cathedral facade, Siena
SienaThe cathedral facade
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Siena by Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Siena or The Hague?

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

  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose The Hague for

  • families
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on The Hague’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, The Hague 38: The Hague leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Siena 62, The Hague 48: Siena leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Siena 78, The Hague 66: Siena leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Siena 27, The Hague 38: The Hague leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Siena 65, The Hague 52: Siena leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Siena 94, The Hague 86: Siena leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Siena 38, The Hague 72: The Hague leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Siena 60, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Siena 35, The Hague 55: The Hague leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Siena 42, The Hague 35: Siena leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Siena 36, The Hague 58: The Hague leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Siena 55, The Hague 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 The Hague.

Your match

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

Siena
51match

Wins on food and drink and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

The Hague
Best match
56match

Wins on families and beaches 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

The Hague in July

21 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 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.

The Hague 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.

The Hague's sunshine is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Siena: 2006-2017 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Arezzo (45 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSienaThe Hague
Official languageItalianDutch
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation322 m1 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)55 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSienaThe Hague
City population52,812548,320
People per km²4465,589
Museums within 10 km3054
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km54
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.