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Rocks and beach in Tangolunda Bay, Huatulco
HuatulcoRocks and beach in Tangolunda Bay
The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower

Photos: Huatulco by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License.

Huatulco 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 Huatulco for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Huatulco’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. Huatulco 86, Pisa 58: Huatulco leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Huatulco 44, Pisa 55: Pisa leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Huatulco 15, Pisa 68: Pisa leads by 53 points.
Nightlife. Huatulco 24, Pisa 40: Pisa leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Huatulco 76, Pisa 62: Huatulco leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Huatulco 40, Pisa 92: Pisa leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Huatulco 56, Pisa 52: Huatulco leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Huatulco 33, Pisa 76: Pisa leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Huatulco 20, Pisa 38: Pisa leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Huatulco 62, Pisa 55: Huatulco leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Huatulco 9, Pisa 38: Pisa leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Huatulco 52, Pisa 45: Huatulco leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Huatulco and Pisa.

Your match

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

Huatulco
43match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Pisa
Best match
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.

Huatulco in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
156 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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

Huatulco's temperatures are measured 42 km from the centre, at Puerto Angel, Oax..

Huatulco's station stands 177 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Huatulco 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. Huatulco: 1991-2020 normals, Puerto Angel, Oax. (42.2 km from centre). Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHuatulcoPisa
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaItalian
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation220 m4 m
Main airportBahías de Huatulco International Airport (HUX)15 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHuatulcoPisa
City population7,40988,737
People per km²-479
Museums within 10 km027
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. 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.