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The Basilica of Superga, Turin
TurinThe Basilica of Superga
The US Capitol, Washington DC
Washington DCThe US Capitol

Photos: Turin by Konstantin Dacosta, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Washington DC by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Turin 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 Turin for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

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

Choose Washington DC for

  • families
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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. Turin and Washington DC are level on 12.
Food & drink. Turin 81, Washington DC 67: Turin leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Turin 78, Washington DC 84: Washington DC leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Turin 50, Washington DC 57: Washington DC leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Turin 80, Washington DC 64: Turin leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Turin 84, Washington DC 73: Turin leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Turin 57, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Turin 68, Washington DC 72: Washington DC leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Turin 58, Washington DC 52: Turin leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Turin 58, Washington DC 28: Turin leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Turin 65, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Turin 40, Washington DC 26: Turin leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Turin and Washington DC.

Your match

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

Turin
Best match
61match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Washington DC
56match

Wins on families and nightlife 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

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

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). Washington DC: 1991-2020 normals, Washington National Airport (5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTurinWashington 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
Elevation239 m72 m
Main airportTurin Airport (TRN)14 km from centre65 non-stop destinationsRonald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)5 km from centre105 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureTurinWashington DC
City population841,600689,545
People per km²6,4743,896
Museums within 10 km7298
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
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.