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The Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
MacauThe Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline
White sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach, Pensacola
PensacolaWhite sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach

Photos: Macau by tian Jin, Pexels License; Pensacola by Jason Meredith, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Macau 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 Macau for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Pensacola for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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. Macau 24, Pensacola 84: Pensacola leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Macau 77, Pensacola 45: Macau leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Macau 62, Pensacola 45: Macau leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Macau 40, Pensacola 42: Pensacola leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Macau 5, Pensacola 62: Pensacola leads by 57 points.
Day trips. Macau 52, Pensacola 45: Macau leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Macau 48, Pensacola 62: Pensacola leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Macau 60, Pensacola 18: Macau leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Macau 58, Pensacola 28: Macau leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Macau and Pensacola are level on 44.
Live music & performing arts. Macau and Pensacola are level on 36.
Wellness & relaxation. Macau 40, Pensacola 30: Macau leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Macau and Pensacola.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Macau
46match

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

Pensacola
45match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Macau in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
281 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre). Pensacola: 1991-2020 normals, Pensacola / Pleasant Grove (12.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMacauPensacola
Official languagePortuguese, Cantonese, Standard Chinese-
CurrencyPataca (MOP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsFGM220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number999911
Elevation22 m31 m
Main airportMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsPensacola International Airport (PNS)6 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMacauPensacola
City population682,10054,312
People per km²5,916515
Museums within 10 km285
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months7 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.