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Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica
The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower

Photos: Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License.

Montreal 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 Montreal for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Pisa for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • 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. Montreal 25, Pisa 58: Pisa leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Montreal 78, Pisa 55: Montreal leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Montreal 60, Pisa 68: Pisa leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Montreal 75, Pisa 40: Montreal leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montreal 66, Pisa 62: Montreal leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Montreal 55, Pisa 92: Pisa leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Montreal 68, Pisa 52: Montreal leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Montreal 72, Pisa 76: Pisa leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Montreal 60, Pisa 38: Montreal leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Montreal 45, Pisa 55: Pisa leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montreal 76, Pisa 38: Montreal leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montreal 57, Pisa 45: Montreal leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montreal and Pisa.

Your match

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

Montreal
Best match
61match

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

Pisa
57match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Montreal in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
98 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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MontrealPisa

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montreal: 1991-2020 normals, Montreal McTavish (3.2 km from centre). Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontrealPisa
Official languageFrench, EnglishItalian
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation31 m4 m
Main airportMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)16 km from centre166 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontrealPisa
City population1,895,21188,737
People per km²3,806479
Museums within 10 km3727
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 months

Where else could you go?

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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.