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Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves
The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower

Photos: Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License.

Oaxaca 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 Oaxaca for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • prices

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

Choose Pisa for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • getting around

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. Oaxaca 5, Pisa 58: Pisa leads by 53 points.
Food & drink. Oaxaca 84, Pisa 55: Oaxaca leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Oaxaca 74, Pisa 68: Oaxaca leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Oaxaca and Pisa are level on 40.
Nature & outdoors. Oaxaca and Pisa are level on 62.
Day trips. Oaxaca 65, Pisa 92: Pisa leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Oaxaca 40, Pisa 52: Pisa leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Oaxaca 55, Pisa 76: Pisa leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Oaxaca 62, Pisa 38: Oaxaca leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Oaxaca 77, Pisa 55: Oaxaca leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Oaxaca and Pisa are level on 38.
Wellness & relaxation. Oaxaca 50, Pisa 45: Oaxaca leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Oaxaca and Pisa.

Your match

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

Oaxaca
54match

Wins on food and drink and shopping with your weighting.

Pisa
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches 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.

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 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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OaxacaPisa

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre). Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOaxacaPisa
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
Elevation1,555 m4 m
Main airportXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureOaxacaPisa
City population258,91388,737
People per km²3,028479
Museums within 10 km1027
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
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.