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The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower
Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown

Photos: Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License; Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Pisa or Portland?

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 Pisa for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Portland for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Portland’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. Pisa 58, Portland 20: Pisa leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Pisa 55, Portland 68: Portland leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Pisa 68, Portland 38: Pisa leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Pisa 40, Portland 52: Portland leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Pisa 62, Portland 84: Portland leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Pisa 92, Portland 58: Pisa leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Pisa 52, Portland 55: Portland leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Pisa 76, Portland 62: Pisa leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Pisa 38, Portland 52: Portland leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Pisa 55, Portland 38: Pisa leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Pisa 38, Portland 55: Portland leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Pisa 45, Portland 42: Pisa leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Pisa and Portland.

Your match

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

Pisa
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Portland
52match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PisaPortland

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre). Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePisaPortland
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation4 m152 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePisaPortland
City population88,737652,503
People per km²4791,736
Museums within 10 km2717
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.