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The Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier, Los Angeles
Los AngelesThe Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier
The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower

Photos: Los Angeles by Domenico Convertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License.

Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • families

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

Choose Pisa for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • prices

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. Los Angeles 60, Pisa 58: Los Angeles leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Los Angeles 84, Pisa 55: Los Angeles leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Los Angeles 66, Pisa 68: Pisa leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Los Angeles 67, Pisa 40: Los Angeles leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Los Angeles 80, Pisa 62: Los Angeles leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Los Angeles 60, Pisa 92: Pisa leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Los Angeles 84, Pisa 52: Los Angeles leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Los Angeles 25, Pisa 76: Pisa leads by 51 points.
Shopping & style. Los Angeles 80, Pisa 38: Los Angeles leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Los Angeles 24, Pisa 55: Pisa leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Los Angeles 83, Pisa 38: Los Angeles leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Los Angeles 60, Pisa 45: Los Angeles leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Los Angeles and Pisa.

Your match

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

Los Angeles
Best match
64match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping with your weighting.

Pisa
57match

Wins on getting around 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.

Los Angeles in July

24 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °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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Los AngelesPisa

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Los Angeles: 1991-2020 normals, Los Angeles Airport (18.5 km from centre). Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLos AngelesPisa
Official language-Italian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation106 m4 m
Main airportLos Angeles International Airport (LAX)19 km from centre177 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLos AngelesPisa
City population3,898,74788,737
People per km²2,994479
Museums within 10 km3927
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.