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The cathedral from Piazza del Duomo, Milan
MilanThe cathedral from Piazza del Duomo
White sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach, Pensacola
PensacolaWhite sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach

Photos: Milan by Jiuguang Wang, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Pensacola by Jason Meredith, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Milan 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 Milan for

  • shopping
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Pensacola for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • 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. Milan 20, Pensacola 84: Pensacola leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Milan 78, Pensacola 45: Milan leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Milan 78, Pensacola 45: Milan leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Milan 66, Pensacola 42: Milan leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Milan 65, Pensacola 62: Milan leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Milan 91, Pensacola 45: Milan leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Milan 55, Pensacola 62: Pensacola leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Milan 79, Pensacola 18: Milan leads by 61 points.
Shopping & style. Milan 92, Pensacola 28: Milan leads by 64 points.
Affordability. Milan 33, Pensacola 44: Pensacola leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Milan 82, Pensacola 36: Milan leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Milan 42, Pensacola 30: Milan leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Milan and Pensacola.

Your match

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

Milan
Best match
65match

Wins on shopping and getting around with your weighting.

Pensacola
45match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Milan in July

30 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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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Where the figures come from

Milan 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.

Milan's sunshine is measured 41 km from the centre, at Novara / Cameri.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Milan: 1991-2020 normals, Milano / Linate (8 km from centre). Pensacola: 1991-2020 normals, Pensacola / Pleasant Grove (12.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMilanPensacola
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation138 m31 m
Main airportMilan Malpensa International Airport (MXP)40 km from centre208 non-stop destinationsPensacola International Airport (PNS)6 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMilanPensacola
City population1,354,19654,312
People per km²7,453515
Museums within 10 km885
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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.