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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License.

Alicante or Pisa?

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 Alicante for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • families

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

Choose Pisa for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Pisa’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. Alicante 82, Pisa 58: Alicante leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Pisa 55: Alicante leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Pisa 68: Pisa leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Pisa 40: Alicante leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Pisa 62: Alicante leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Pisa 92: Pisa leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Pisa 52: Alicante leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Pisa 76: Pisa leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Pisa 38: Alicante leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Pisa 55: Alicante leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Pisa 38: Pisa leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Pisa 45: Pisa leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Pisa.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Alicante
59match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Pisa
57match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Alicante in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Pisa in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AlicantePisa

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicantePisa
Official languageSpanishItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation3 m4 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicantePisa
City population366,22188,737
People per km²1,819479
Museums within 10 km827
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months4 months

Where else could you go?

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. 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.