VacationSelector
The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower
The cathedral of Santa Marta, Santa Marta
Santa MartaThe cathedral of Santa Marta

Photos: Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License; Santa Marta by Oliver H, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Pisa or Santa Marta?

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 Santa Marta for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Santa Marta’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, Santa Marta 70: Santa Marta leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Pisa 55, Santa Marta 44: Pisa leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Pisa 68, Santa Marta 34: Pisa leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Pisa 40, Santa Marta 50: Santa Marta leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Pisa 62, Santa Marta 84: Santa Marta leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Pisa 92, Santa Marta 38: Pisa leads by 54 points.
Good for families. Pisa 52, Santa Marta 40: Pisa leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Pisa 76, Santa Marta 38: Pisa leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Pisa 38, Santa Marta 27: Pisa leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Pisa 55, Santa Marta 80: Santa Marta leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Pisa 38, Santa Marta 17: Pisa leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Pisa 45, Santa Marta 30: Pisa leads by 15 points.
0255075100

What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Pisa and Santa Marta.

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.

Santa Marta
46match

Wins on prices 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

Santa Marta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

0°10°20°30°40°JFMAMJJASOND

Rainfall in the month, mm

050100150JFMAMJJASOND
PisaSanta Marta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre). Santa Marta: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Marta / Simon Bolivar (11.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePisaSanta Marta
Official languageItalianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Colombian Peso (COP)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112123
Elevation4 m8 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsSimón Bolívar International Airport (SMR)13 km from centre6 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days19 days

By the numbers

MeasurePisaSanta Marta
City population88,737505,915
People per km²4791,723
Museums within 10 km273
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months12 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Pisa or Santa Marta somewhere new.

Browse every destination

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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.