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Bodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour, Bodrum
BodrumBodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour
The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower

Photos: Bodrum by Serhio Magpie, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License.

Bodrum 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 Bodrum for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Pisa for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Bodrum 80, Pisa 58: Bodrum leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Bodrum 60, Pisa 55: Bodrum leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Bodrum 45, Pisa 68: Pisa leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Bodrum 65, Pisa 40: Bodrum leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bodrum 60, Pisa 62: Pisa leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Bodrum 72, Pisa 92: Pisa leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Bodrum 66, Pisa 52: Bodrum leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Bodrum 42, Pisa 76: Pisa leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Bodrum 45, Pisa 38: Bodrum leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Bodrum 38, Pisa 55: Pisa leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bodrum 32, Pisa 38: Pisa leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bodrum 52, Pisa 45: Bodrum leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bodrum 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

Bodrum
55match

Wins on nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

Pisa
57match

Wins on getting around 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.

Bodrum in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 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

Bodrum's temperatures are measured 43 km from the centre, at Kos Airport.

Bodrum 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. Bodrum: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Kos Airport (42.7 km from centre). Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBodrumPisa
Official languageTurkishItalian
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m4 m
Main airportMilas Bodrum International Airport (BJV)32 km from centre83 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBodrumPisa
City population175,00088,737
People per km²314479
Museums within 10 km427
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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). 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. 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.