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The Basilica of Superga, Turin
TurinThe Basilica of Superga
The Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky, Xi'an
Xi'anThe Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky

Photos: Turin by Konstantin Dacosta, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Xi'an by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Turin or Xi'an?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

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

Choose Xi'an for

  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Xi'an’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, Xi'an 4: Turin leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Turin 81, Xi'an 70: Turin leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Turin 78, Xi'an 81: Xi'an leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Turin 50, Xi'an 42: Turin leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Turin 80, Xi'an 62: Turin leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Turin 84, Xi'an 80: Turin leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Turin 57, Xi'an 48: Turin leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Turin 68, Xi'an 66: Turin leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Turin 58, Xi'an 50: Turin leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Turin 58, Xi'an 80: Xi'an leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Turin 65, Xi'an 40: Turin leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Turin and Xi'an are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Turin and Xi'an.

Your match

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

Turin
Best match
61match

Wins on live music and the arts and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Xi'an
55match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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 recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Xi'an in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
96 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
14 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). Xi'an: 1991-2020 normals, Xi'An (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTurinXi'an
Official languageItalianPutonghua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation239 m405 m
Main airportTurin Airport (TRN)14 km from centre65 non-stop destinationsXi'an Xianyang International Airport (XIY)26 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureTurinXi'an
City population841,60012,952,907
People per km²6,4741,283
Museums within 10 km729
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.