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Macau or Pisa?

Two destinations compared in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities. Weight what matters to you and the verdict follows.

The Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
Macau

Photo: tian Jin, Pexels License

The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
Pisa

Photo: Bruno Kraler, Pexels License

Your match

Macau
46
match

Wins on food and drink and shopping with your weighting.

Pisa
✓ Best match
57
match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders. The match scores above update as you do.

Scoreboard

Our verdict on each category, scored 0 to 100 against fixed benchmark cities.

MacauPisa
Beaches & swimming. Pisa leads by 34 points.34
Food & drink. Macau leads by 22 points.22
Culture & sights. Pisa leads by 6 points.6
Nightlife. Macau and Pisa are level on 40.
Nature & outdoors. Pisa leads by 57 points.57
Day trips. Pisa leads by 40 points.40
Good for families. Pisa leads by 4 points.4
Getting around. Pisa leads by 16 points.16
Shopping & style. Macau leads by 20 points.20
Affordability. Pisa leads by 11 points.11
Live music & performing arts. Pisa leads by 2 points.2
Wellness & relaxation. Pisa leads by 5 points.5
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Macau and Pisa.

When should you go?

Pick the month you can travel and see both cities side by side. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Climate figures for July
JulyMacauPisa
Daytime high32 °C30 °C
Night-time low26 °C18 °C
Rainfall in the month281 mm32 mm
Sunshine7 hours a day11 hours a day
Sea temperature29 °C24 °C
Daylight13 hours a day15 hours a day

The whole year

Each row is shaded against that destination’s own year, so the deepest cell is its best month for that figure and the palest its weakest. Shades are not comparable between the two rows.

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M
A
M
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S
O
N
D
Daytime high, °C
Macau
19
19
22
25
29
31
32
32
31
29
25
20
Pisa
11
13
16
18
23
27
30
30
26
21
16
12
Sea temperature, °C
Macau
19
19
20
23
26
28
29
29
28
27
24
21
Pisa
14
13
14
15
18
22
24
25
23
20
18
16
Rainfall, mm
Macau
34
42
78
160
285
369
281
338
233
71
38
32
Pisa
68
58
59
65
63
41
32
35
102
125
132
95
Daylight, hours per day
Macau
11
11
12
13
13
14
13
13
12
12
11
11
Pisa
9
11
12
13
15
15
15
14
13
11
10
9
Sunshine, hours per day
Macau
4
3
3
3
4
5
7
6
6
6
5
5
Pisa
4
4
6
6
8
9
11
10
7
5
4
3

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

WorseBetter

Getting there

Flying fromMacauPisa
LondonLHR, LGW, STN, LTN +2
12 h 0 m
€570-666
1 stop
HKG · 41 km
2 h 5 m
€48-62
PSA · 4 km
RomeFCO, CIA
11 h 35 m
no fares
HKG · 41 km
55 m
€136-139
1 stop
FLR · 65 km
ParisCDG, ORY, BVA
11 h 55 m
€586-713
1 stop
HKG · 41 km
1 h 40 m
no fares
PSA · 4 km
BrusselsBRU, CRL
11 h 40 m
no fares
HKG · 41 km
1 h 45 m
no fares
PSA · 4 km
ManchesterMAN
12 h 0 m
no fares
HKG · 41 km
2 h 20 m
no fares
PSA · 4 km
AmsterdamAMS
11 h 35 m
€637
HKG · 41 km
1 h 55 m
€210-262
1 stop
PSA · 4 km
MadridMAD
13 h 0 m
no fares
HKG · 41 km
2 h 5 m
€88-193
PSA · 4 km
FrankfurtFRA, HHN
11 h 25 m
€630-670
1 stop
HKG · 41 km
1 h 30 m
no fares
PSA · 4 km
BudapestBUD
10 h 40 m
no fares
SZX · 57 km
1 h 35 m
€129-161
1 stop
PSA · 4 km

The busiest departure cities for these two, with a place kept for each other part of the world. Busiest means arriving passengers where an official count exists, and where none does, the number of non-stop services flown: official route statistics are published by the European reporting countries and by nobody else, so a table ranked on them alone would offer a reader in New York or Tokyo ten European cities. Flying times are estimated from the distance between airports, and every row is a city flown non-stop to both. Where the typical offer connects anyway, the stops are shown. Under each figure is the airport the flight lands at and how far that is from the centre, because the nearest airport is not always the one a route is flown to. Where both columns name the same airport it is one flight, and the difference between the two is the distance printed beside it. Typical return fares for 2026-09 to 2026-10, cached market data up to 7 days old. The figure is the middle half of the offers found, so a single price means they agreed and a range means they did not; for a typical route that middle half spans about a quarter of the median, and for the least settled routes rather more than the median itself.

Before you go

MeasureMacauPisa
Official languagePortuguese, Cantonese, Standard ChineseItalian
CurrencyPataca (MOP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsFGM220 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number999112
Elevation22 m4 m
Main airportMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMacauPisa
City population682,10088,737
People per km²5,916479
Museums within 10 km2827
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months4 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Typical fares from Travelpayouts (Aviasales data). Route-level air passenger statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate and flight figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-27. Typical prices can be up to 7 days old. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.