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The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower
A cobbled street of painted houses in the old town, San Miguel de Allende
San Miguel de AllendeA cobbled street of painted houses in the old town

Photos: Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License; San Miguel de Allende by Russ Bowling, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Pisa or San Miguel de Allende?

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
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose San Miguel de Allende for

  • wellness
  • shopping
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on San Miguel de Allende’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, San Miguel de Allende 4: Pisa leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Pisa 55, San Miguel de Allende 62: San Miguel de Allende leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Pisa 68, San Miguel de Allende 62: Pisa leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Pisa 40, San Miguel de Allende 38: Pisa leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Pisa 62, San Miguel de Allende 40: Pisa leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Pisa 92, San Miguel de Allende 77: Pisa leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Pisa 52, San Miguel de Allende 32: Pisa leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Pisa 76, San Miguel de Allende 48: Pisa leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Pisa 38, San Miguel de Allende 55: San Miguel de Allende leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Pisa 55, San Miguel de Allende 50: Pisa leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Pisa 38, San Miguel de Allende 40: San Miguel de Allende leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Pisa 45, San Miguel de Allende 66: San Miguel de Allende leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Pisa and San Miguel de Allende.

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 getting around with your weighting.

San Miguel de Allende
48match

Wins on wellness and shopping 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

San Miguel de Allende in July

29 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
132 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

San Miguel de Allende's temperatures are measured 54 km from the centre, at Guanajuato, Gto..

San Miguel de Allende has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre). San Miguel de Allende: 1991-2020 normals, Guanajuato, Gto. (53.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePisaSan Miguel de Allende
Official languageItalianSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation4 m1,900 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsGuanajuato International Airport (BJX)77 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasurePisaSan Miguel de Allende
City population88,73769,811
People per km²479-
Museums within 10 km272
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.