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The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse
White sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach, Pensacola
PensacolaWhite sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach

Photos: Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Pensacola by Jason Meredith, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bordeaux or Pensacola?

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 Bordeaux for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • day trips

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

Choose Pensacola for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Pensacola’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. Bordeaux 50, Pensacola 84: Pensacola leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Bordeaux 78, Pensacola 45: Bordeaux leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Bordeaux 68, Pensacola 45: Bordeaux leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Bordeaux 50, Pensacola 42: Bordeaux leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bordeaux 58, Pensacola 62: Pensacola leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Bordeaux 78, Pensacola 45: Bordeaux leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Bordeaux 57, Pensacola 62: Pensacola leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bordeaux 76, Pensacola 18: Bordeaux leads by 58 points.
Shopping & style. Bordeaux 56, Pensacola 28: Bordeaux leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Bordeaux 42, Pensacola 44: Pensacola leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bordeaux 55, Pensacola 36: Bordeaux leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bordeaux 40, Pensacola 30: Bordeaux leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bordeaux and Pensacola.

Your match

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

Bordeaux
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around and food and drink with your weighting.

Pensacola
45match

Wins on beaches 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.

Bordeaux in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Pensacola in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
200 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BordeauxPensacola

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre). Pensacola: 1991-2020 normals, Pensacola / Pleasant Grove (12.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBordeauxPensacola
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation1 m31 m
Main airportBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinationsPensacola International Airport (PNS)6 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBordeauxPensacola
City population267,99154,312
People per km²5,425515
Museums within 10 km185
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.