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The Basilica of Superga, Turin
TurinThe Basilica of Superga
People's Square (Narodni trg), Zadar
ZadarPeople's Square (Narodni trg)

Photos: Turin by Konstantin Dacosta, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Zadar by Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, cropped.

Turin or Zadar?

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
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Zadar for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Zadar’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, Zadar 72: Zadar leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Turin 81, Zadar 45: Turin leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Turin 78, Zadar 55: Turin leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Turin 50, Zadar 38: Turin leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Turin 80, Zadar 82: Zadar leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Turin 84, Zadar 70: Turin leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Turin 57, Zadar 55: Turin leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Turin 68, Zadar 58: Turin leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Turin 58, Zadar 27: Turin leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Turin 58, Zadar 52: Turin leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Turin 65, Zadar 28: Turin leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Turin 40, Zadar 35: Turin leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Turin and Zadar.

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 food and drink with your weighting.

Zadar
51match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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

Zadar in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
24 °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.

Zadar 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). Zadar: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Zadar / Zemunik (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTurinZadar
Official languageItalianCroatian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation239 m5 m
Main airportTurin Airport (TRN)14 km from centre65 non-stop destinationsZadar Airport (ZAD)10 km from centre66 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureTurinZadar
City population841,60070,779
People per km²6,474-
Museums within 10 km721
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.