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The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower
The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky

Photos: Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License; Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Pisa or Quito?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Quito for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Quito’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, Quito 5: Pisa leads by 53 points.
Food & drink. Pisa 55, Quito 54: Pisa leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Pisa 68, Quito 77: Quito leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Pisa and Quito are level on 40.
Nature & outdoors. Pisa 62, Quito 86: Quito leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Pisa 92, Quito 55: Pisa leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Pisa 52, Quito 32: Pisa leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Pisa 76, Quito 45: Pisa leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Pisa 38, Quito 40: Quito leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Pisa 55, Quito 78: Quito leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Pisa and Quito are level on 38.
Wellness & relaxation. Pisa 45, Quito 44: Pisa leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Pisa and Quito.

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.

Quito
50match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices 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

Quito in July

18 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Quito's station stands 208 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre). Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePisaQuito
Official languageItalianSpanish, Shuar, Northern Quichua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112911
Elevation4 m2,850 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePisaQuito
City population88,7371,763,275
People per km²4794,735
Museums within 10 km2716
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
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.