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The Basilica of Superga, Turin
TurinThe Basilica of Superga
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Turin by Konstantin Dacosta, CC BY 3.0, cropped; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Turin or York?

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

  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts
  • prices

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

Choose York for

  • getting around
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on York’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, York 14: York leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Turin 81, York 42: Turin leads by 39 points.
Culture & sights. Turin 78, York 70: Turin leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Turin 50, York 36: Turin leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Turin 80, York 62: Turin leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Turin 84, York 80: Turin leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Turin 57, York 60: York leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Turin 68, York 72: York leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Turin 58, York 46: Turin leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Turin 58, York 38: Turin leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Turin 65, York 38: Turin leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Turin 40, York 34: Turin leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Turin and York.

Your match

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

Turin
Best match
61match

Wins on food and drink and live music and the arts with your weighting.

York
49match

Wins on getting around 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 recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

York in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
17 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.

York 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.

York's sunshine is measured 48 km from the centre, at Leeming.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Turin: 1991-2020 normals, Torino / Caselle (15.4 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTurinYork
Official languageItalianEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation239 m25 m
Main airportTurin Airport (TRN)14 km from centre65 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureTurinYork
City population841,600208,400
People per km²6,474766
Museums within 10 km7224
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.