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Waterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor, Newport Beach
Newport BeachWaterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor
The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower

Photos: Newport Beach by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License.

Newport Beach 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 Newport Beach for

  • families
  • shopping
  • beaches

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

Choose Pisa for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Newport Beach 70, Pisa 58: Newport Beach leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Newport Beach 50, Pisa 55: Pisa leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Newport Beach 20, Pisa 68: Pisa leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Newport Beach 33, Pisa 40: Pisa leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Newport Beach 66, Pisa 62: Newport Beach leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Newport Beach 70, Pisa 92: Pisa leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Newport Beach 80, Pisa 52: Newport Beach leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Newport Beach 20, Pisa 76: Pisa leads by 56 points.
Shopping & style. Newport Beach 62, Pisa 38: Newport Beach leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Newport Beach 15, Pisa 55: Pisa leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Newport Beach 46, Pisa 38: Newport Beach leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Newport Beach 44, Pisa 45: Pisa leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Newport Beach and Pisa.

Your match

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

Newport Beach
48match

Wins on families and shopping with your weighting.

Pisa
Best match
57match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Newport Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 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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Newport BeachPisa

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Newport Beach: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1981-2010) normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (7.1 km from centre). Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNewport BeachPisa
Official language-Italian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation3 m4 m
Main airportJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)7 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureNewport BeachPisa
City population85,23988,737
People per km²622479
Museums within 10 km427
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.