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The cathedral facade, Siena
SienaThe cathedral facade
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Siena by Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Siena or Ushuaia?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Ushuaia for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Ushuaia’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, Ushuaia 3: Siena leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Siena 62, Ushuaia 40: Siena leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Siena 78, Ushuaia 22: Siena leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. Siena 27, Ushuaia 18: Siena leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Siena 65, Ushuaia 88: Ushuaia leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Siena 94, Ushuaia 14: Siena leads by 80 points.
Good for families. Siena 38, Ushuaia 40: Ushuaia leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Siena 60, Ushuaia 45: Siena leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Siena 35, Ushuaia 22: Siena leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Siena and Ushuaia are level on 42.
Live music & performing arts. Siena 36, Ushuaia 10: Siena leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Siena 55, Ushuaia 26: Siena leads by 29 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Siena and Ushuaia.

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.

Ushuaia
31match

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
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
8 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). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSienaUshuaia
Official languageItalianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112117 or 911
Elevation322 m23 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)55 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureSienaUshuaia
City population52,81282,615
People per km²4463,592
Museums within 10 km305
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.