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The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower
The Warrior on a Horse, Macedonia Square, Skopje
SkopjeThe Warrior on a Horse, Macedonia Square

Photos: Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License; Skopje by George M. Groutas, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Pisa or Skopje?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Skopje for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Skopje’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, Skopje 6: Pisa leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Pisa 55, Skopje 52: Pisa leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Pisa 68, Skopje 56: Pisa leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Pisa 40, Skopje 42: Skopje leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Pisa 62, Skopje 70: Skopje leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Pisa 92, Skopje 56: Pisa leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Pisa 52, Skopje 35: Pisa leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Pisa 76, Skopje 45: Pisa leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Pisa 38, Skopje 40: Skopje leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Pisa 55, Skopje 80: Skopje leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Pisa and Skopje are level on 38.
Wellness & relaxation. Pisa 45, Skopje 27: Pisa leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Pisa and Skopje.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Skopje
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

Skopje in July

32 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
11 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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Where the figures come from

Skopje 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.

Skopje's sunshine is measured 68 km from the centre, at Stip.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre). Skopje: 1991-2020 (sunshine 1961-1990) normals, Skopje-Petrovec (18.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePisaSkopje
Official languageItalianAlbanian, Macedonian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Denar (MKD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation4 m251 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsSkopje International Airport (SKP)16 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePisaSkopje
City population88,737422,540
People per km²479739
Museums within 10 km2717
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
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.