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The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower
The old Bath House in the Government Gardens, Rotorua
RotoruaThe old Bath House in the Government Gardens

Photos: Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License; Rotorua by W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Pisa or Rotorua?

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

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Rotorua for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Rotorua’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, Rotorua 33: Pisa leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Pisa 55, Rotorua 33: Pisa leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Pisa 68, Rotorua 38: Pisa leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Pisa 40, Rotorua 14: Pisa leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Pisa 62, Rotorua 86: Rotorua leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Pisa 92, Rotorua 45: Pisa leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Pisa 52, Rotorua 68: Rotorua leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Pisa 76, Rotorua 30: Pisa leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Pisa 38, Rotorua 22: Pisa leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Pisa 55, Rotorua 36: Pisa leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Pisa 38, Rotorua 30: Pisa leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Pisa 45, Rotorua 86: Rotorua leads by 41 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Pisa and Rotorua.

Your match

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

Pisa
Best match
57match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Rotorua
43match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors 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

Rotorua in July

11 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
113 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Rotorua has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre). Rotorua: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasurePisaRotorua
Official languageItalianEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation4 m280 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsRotorua Regional Airport (ROT)7 km from centre3 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePisaRotorua
City population88,73758,500
People per km²47922
Museums within 10 km271
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.