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The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie
The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower

Photos: Montpellier by Peter, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License.

Montpellier 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 Montpellier for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Pisa for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • prices

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. Montpellier 64, Pisa 58: Montpellier leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Montpellier 64, Pisa 55: Montpellier leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Montpellier 60, Pisa 68: Pisa leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Montpellier 56, Pisa 40: Montpellier leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montpellier 72, Pisa 62: Montpellier leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Montpellier 85, Pisa 92: Pisa leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Montpellier 62, Pisa 52: Montpellier leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Montpellier 74, Pisa 76: Pisa leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Montpellier 47, Pisa 38: Montpellier leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Montpellier 50, Pisa 55: Pisa leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montpellier 63, Pisa 38: Montpellier leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montpellier 42, Pisa 45: Pisa leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montpellier and Pisa.

Your match

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

Montpellier
Best match
62match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

Pisa
57match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Montpellier in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
17 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 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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MontpellierPisa

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre). Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontpellierPisa
Official languageFrenchItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m4 m
Main airportMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontpellierPisa
City population310,24088,737
People per km²5,452479
Museums within 10 km1427
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months4 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). 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. 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.