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The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Pisa or Seville?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Seville for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Seville’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, Seville 18: Pisa leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Pisa 55, Seville 73: Seville leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Pisa 68, Seville 82: Seville leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Pisa 40, Seville 62: Seville leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Pisa 62, Seville 52: Pisa leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Pisa 92, Seville 80: Pisa leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Pisa 52, Seville 55: Seville leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Pisa 76, Seville 72: Pisa leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Pisa 38, Seville 55: Seville leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Pisa 55, Seville 58: Seville leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Pisa 38, Seville 68: Seville leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Pisa 45, Seville 40: Pisa leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Pisa and Seville.

Your match

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

Pisa
57match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Seville
Best match
60match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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

Seville in July

36 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PisaSeville

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePisaSeville
Official languageItalianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation4 m18 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePisaSeville
City population88,737689,423
People per km²4794,896
Museums within 10 km2724
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.