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A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street
White sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach, Pensacola
PensacolaWhite sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach

Photos: Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License; Pensacola by Jason Meredith, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Lisbon 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 Lisbon for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Pensacola for

  • beaches

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. Lisbon 50, Pensacola 84: Pensacola leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Lisbon 75, Pensacola 45: Lisbon leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Lisbon 78, Pensacola 45: Lisbon leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Lisbon 75, Pensacola 42: Lisbon leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lisbon 75, Pensacola 62: Lisbon leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Lisbon 82, Pensacola 45: Lisbon leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Lisbon and Pensacola are level on 62.
Getting around. Lisbon 66, Pensacola 18: Lisbon leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Lisbon 60, Pensacola 28: Lisbon leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Lisbon 55, Pensacola 44: Lisbon leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lisbon 60, Pensacola 36: Lisbon leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lisbon 36, Pensacola 30: Lisbon leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lisbon and Pensacola.

Your match

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

Lisbon
Best match
65match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Pensacola
45match

Wins on beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
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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LisbonPensacola

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre). Pensacola: 1991-2020 normals, Pensacola / Pleasant Grove (12.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLisbonPensacola
Official languagePortuguese-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation100 m31 m
Main airportLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinationsPensacola International Airport (PNS)6 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLisbonPensacola
City population545,79654,312
People per km²5,453515
Museums within 10 km805
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone7 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. 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. 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.