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Botero sculptures on Plaza Botero, Medellin
MedellinBotero sculptures on Plaza Botero
The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower

Photos: Medellin by Steffen Schmitz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License.

Medellin 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 Medellin for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • shopping

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

Choose Pisa for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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. Medellin 5, Pisa 58: Pisa leads by 53 points.
Food & drink. Medellin 58, Pisa 55: Medellin leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Medellin 42, Pisa 68: Pisa leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Medellin 76, Pisa 40: Medellin leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Medellin 66, Pisa 62: Medellin leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Medellin 58, Pisa 92: Pisa leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Medellin 50, Pisa 52: Pisa leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Medellin 55, Pisa 76: Pisa leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Medellin 45, Pisa 38: Medellin leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Medellin 80, Pisa 55: Medellin leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Medellin 42, Pisa 38: Medellin leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Medellin 30, Pisa 45: Pisa leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Medellin and Pisa.

Your match

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

Medellin
51match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Pisa
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches 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.

Medellin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
133 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
12 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

Medellin 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. Medellin: 1958-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Medellin / Olaya Herrera (5.2 km from centre). Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMedellinPisa
Official languageSpanishItalian
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number123112
Elevation1,405 m4 m
Main airportJose Maria Córdova International Airport (MDE)19 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMedellinPisa
City population2,529,40388,737
People per km²6,644479
Museums within 10 km1427
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. 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 figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.