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The Opera House from the water, Sydney
SydneyThe Opera House from the water
The Basilica of Superga, Turin
TurinThe Basilica of Superga

Photos: Sydney by Bernard Spragg, CC0; Turin by Konstantin Dacosta, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Sydney or Turin?

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 Sydney for

  • beaches
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Turin for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Turin’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. Sydney 95, Turin 12: Sydney leads by 83 points.
Food & drink. Sydney 77, Turin 81: Turin leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Sydney 60, Turin 78: Turin leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Sydney 60, Turin 50: Sydney leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sydney 85, Turin 80: Sydney leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Sydney 50, Turin 84: Turin leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Sydney 75, Turin 57: Sydney leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Sydney 75, Turin 68: Sydney leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Sydney 68, Turin 58: Sydney leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Sydney 22, Turin 58: Turin leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sydney 73, Turin 65: Sydney leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sydney 55, Turin 40: Sydney leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sydney and Turin.

Your match

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

Sydney
Best match
66match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Turin
61match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Sydney in July

18 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Turin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
56 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
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

Turin 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. Sydney: 1991-2020 normals, Sydney Airport (3.7 km from centre). Turin: 1991-2020 normals, Torino / Caselle (15.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSydneyTurin
Official languageEnglishItalian
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation6 m239 m
Main airportSydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD)9 km from centre99 non-stop destinationsTurin Airport (TRN)14 km from centre65 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSydneyTurin
City population5,450,496841,600
People per km²4496,474
Museums within 10 km3872
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.