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The cathedral facade, Siena
SienaThe cathedral facade
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Siena by Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Siena or Wellington?

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 Wellington for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Wellington leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Siena and Wellington are level on 62.
Culture & sights. Siena 78, Wellington 44: Siena leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Siena 27, Wellington 45: Wellington leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Siena 65, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Siena 94, Wellington 40: Siena leads by 54 points.
Good for families. Siena 38, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Siena 60, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Siena 35, Wellington 42: Wellington leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Siena 42, Wellington 33: Siena leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Siena 36, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Siena 55, Wellington 30: Siena leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Siena and Wellington.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Siena
51match

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

Wellington
49match

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 recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 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.

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Siena: 2006-2017 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Arezzo (45 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSienaWellington
Official languageItalianEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation322 m0 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)55 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSienaWellington
City population52,812216,200
People per km²446487
Museums within 10 km3012
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.