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The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower
The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds

Photos: Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License; Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Pisa or Sapporo?

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
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Sapporo for

  • wellness
  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Sapporo’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, Sapporo 28: Pisa leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Pisa 55, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Pisa 68, Sapporo 40: Pisa leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Pisa 40, Sapporo 62: Sapporo leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Pisa 62, Sapporo 86: Sapporo leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Pisa 92, Sapporo 64: Pisa leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Pisa 52, Sapporo 72: Sapporo leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Pisa 76, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Pisa 38, Sapporo 58: Sapporo leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Pisa 55, Sapporo 60: Sapporo leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Pisa 38, Sapporo 44: Sapporo leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Pisa 45, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Pisa and Sapporo.

Your match

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

Pisa
57match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Sapporo
Best match
63match

Wins on wellness and food and drink 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

Sapporo in July

25 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre). Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePisaSapporo
Official languageItalianJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation4 m5 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasurePisaSapporo
City population88,7371,959,313
People per km²4791,747
Museums within 10 km2733
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months1 month

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.