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The cathedral facade, Siena
SienaThe cathedral facade
A chairlift and the runs on Whistler Mountain, Whistler
WhistlerA chairlift and the runs on Whistler Mountain

Photos: Siena by Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Whistler by Ruth Hartnup, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Siena or Whistler?

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 Whistler for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Whistler’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, Whistler 30: Whistler leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Siena 62, Whistler 40: Siena leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Siena 78, Whistler 20: Siena leads by 58 points.
Nightlife. Siena 27, Whistler 42: Whistler leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Siena 65, Whistler 97: Whistler leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Siena 94, Whistler 30: Siena leads by 64 points.
Good for families. Siena 38, Whistler 68: Whistler leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Siena 60, Whistler 68: Whistler leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Siena 35, Whistler 30: Siena leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Siena 42, Whistler 12: Siena leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Siena 36, Whistler 15: Siena leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Siena 55, Whistler 60: Whistler leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Siena and Whistler.

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.

Whistler
43match

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

Whistler in July

25 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
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.

Whistler 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). Whistler: 1991-2020 normals, Whistler - Nesters (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSienaWhistler
Official languageItalianFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation322 m670 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)55 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)104 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSienaWhistler
City population52,81213,982
People per km²44658
Museums within 10 km301
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.