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The Basilica of Superga, Turin
TurinThe Basilica of Superga
The beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier, Virginia Beach
Virginia BeachThe beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier

Photos: Turin by Konstantin Dacosta, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Virginia Beach by SchuminWeb, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Turin or Virginia Beach?

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 Turin for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • food and drink

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

Choose Virginia Beach for

  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Virginia Beach’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. Turin 12, Virginia Beach 77: Virginia Beach leads by 65 points.
Food & drink. Turin 81, Virginia Beach 42: Turin leads by 39 points.
Culture & sights. Turin 78, Virginia Beach 30: Turin leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Turin 50, Virginia Beach 37: Turin leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Turin 80, Virginia Beach 56: Turin leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Turin 84, Virginia Beach 64: Turin leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Turin 57, Virginia Beach 75: Virginia Beach leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Turin 68, Virginia Beach 27: Turin leads by 41 points.
Shopping & style. Turin 58, Virginia Beach 32: Turin leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Turin 58, Virginia Beach 40: Turin leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Turin 65, Virginia Beach 38: Turin leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Turin 40, Virginia Beach 32: Turin leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Turin and Virginia Beach.

Your match

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

Turin
Best match
61match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

Virginia Beach
46match

Wins on beaches 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.

Turin in July

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

Virginia Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
152 mmrain in the month
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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TurinVirginia Beach

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. Turin: 1991-2020 normals, Torino / Caselle (15.4 km from centre). Virginia Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Virginia Beach / Gatewood Park (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTurinVirginia Beach
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
Elevation239 m7 m
Main airportTurin Airport (TRN)14 km from centre65 non-stop destinationsNorfolk International Airport (ORF)20 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureTurinVirginia Beach
City population841,600459,470
People per km²6,474-
Museums within 10 km722
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.