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The white beach below the high-rise hotels, Orange Beach
Orange BeachThe white beach below the high-rise hotels
The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower

Photos: Orange Beach by WeaponizingArchitecture, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License.

Orange 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 Orange Beach for

  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Pisa for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • day trips

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. Orange Beach 86, Pisa 58: Orange Beach leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Orange Beach 40, Pisa 55: Pisa leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Orange Beach 7, Pisa 68: Pisa leads by 61 points.
Nightlife. Orange Beach 30, Pisa 40: Pisa leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Orange Beach 60, Pisa 62: Pisa leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Orange Beach 50, Pisa 92: Pisa leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Orange Beach 75, Pisa 52: Orange Beach leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Orange Beach 15, Pisa 76: Pisa leads by 61 points.
Shopping & style. Orange Beach 25, Pisa 38: Pisa leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Orange Beach 38, Pisa 55: Pisa leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Orange Beach 32, Pisa 38: Pisa leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Orange Beach 32, Pisa 45: Pisa leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Orange Beach and Pisa.

Your match

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

Orange Beach
41match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Pisa
Best match
57match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Orange Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
200 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °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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Orange BeachPisa

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Orange Beach: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Gulf Shores / Bay Village Mobile Home Park (10.5 km from centre). Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOrange BeachPisa
Official language-Italian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation4 m4 m
Main airportPensacola International Airport (PNS)41 km from centre27 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureOrange BeachPisa
City population8,09588,737
People per km²196479
Museums within 10 km027
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months4 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.