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The cathedral facade, Siena
SienaThe cathedral facade
The US Capitol, Washington DC
Washington DCThe US Capitol

Photos: Siena by Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Washington DC by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Siena or Washington DC?

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

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • prices

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

Choose Washington DC for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Washington DC’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, Washington DC 12: Siena leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Siena 62, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Siena 78, Washington DC 84: Washington DC leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Siena 27, Washington DC 57: Washington DC leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Siena 65, Washington DC 64: Siena leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Siena 94, Washington DC 73: Siena leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Siena 38, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Siena 60, Washington DC 72: Washington DC leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Siena 35, Washington DC 52: Washington DC leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Siena 42, Washington DC 28: Siena leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Siena 36, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Siena 55, Washington DC 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 Washington DC.

Your match

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

Siena
51match

Wins on wellness and day trips with your weighting.

Washington DC
Best match
56match

Wins on families and live music and the arts 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 seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Washington DC in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
108 mmrain in the month
25 °Csea
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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Siena: 2006-2017 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Arezzo (45 km from centre). Washington DC: 1991-2020 normals, Washington National Airport (5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSienaWashington DC
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation322 m72 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)55 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsRonald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)5 km from centre105 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSienaWashington DC
City population52,812689,545
People per km²4463,896
Museums within 10 km3098
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 months

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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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.