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Skiers at the Albion base of the ski area, Alta, Utah
Alta, UtahSkiers at the Albion base of the ski area
The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower

Photos: Alta, Utah by Sumanch, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License.

Alta, Utah 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 Alta, Utah for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Alta, Utah’s own page.

Choose Pisa for

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • day trips

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. Alta, Utah 3, Pisa 58: Pisa leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. Alta, Utah 15, Pisa 55: Pisa leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Alta, Utah 5, Pisa 68: Pisa leads by 63 points.
Nightlife. Alta, Utah 4, Pisa 40: Pisa leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alta, Utah 90, Pisa 62: Alta, Utah leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Alta, Utah 40, Pisa 92: Pisa leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Alta, Utah 30, Pisa 52: Pisa leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Alta, Utah 35, Pisa 76: Pisa leads by 41 points.
Shopping & style. Alta, Utah 4, Pisa 38: Pisa leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Alta, Utah 15, Pisa 55: Pisa leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alta, Utah 3, Pisa 38: Pisa leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alta, Utah 35, Pisa 45: Pisa leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alta, Utah and Pisa.

Your match

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

Alta, Utah
23match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Pisa
Best match
57match

Wins on culture and sights and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Alta, Utah in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
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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Where the figures come from

Alta, Utah has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alta, Utah: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km. Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlta, UtahPisa
Official language-Italian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,610 m4 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)37 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlta, UtahPisa
City population22888,737
People per km²19479
Museums within 10 km027
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.