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The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo
The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower

Photos: Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License; Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License.

Mexico City 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 Mexico City for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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

Choose Pisa for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • day trips

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. Mexico City 5, Pisa 58: Pisa leads by 53 points.
Food & drink. Mexico City 90, Pisa 55: Mexico City leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Mexico City 88, Pisa 68: Mexico City leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Mexico City 80, Pisa 40: Mexico City leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mexico City 50, Pisa 62: Pisa leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Mexico City 75, Pisa 92: Pisa leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Mexico City 58, Pisa 52: Mexico City leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Mexico City 50, Pisa 76: Pisa leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Mexico City 76, Pisa 38: Mexico City leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Mexico City 75, Pisa 55: Mexico City leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mexico City 72, Pisa 38: Mexico City leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mexico City 40, Pisa 45: Pisa leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mexico City and Pisa.

Your match

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

Mexico City
Best match
63match

Wins on nightlife and shopping with your weighting.

Pisa
57match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 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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Mexico CityPisa

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre). Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMexico CityPisa
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaItalian
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,240 m4 m
Main airportMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMexico CityPisa
City population9,209,94488,737
People per km²6,202479
Museums within 10 km10827
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km63
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). 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. 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.

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.