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The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower
Neues Schloss with magnolias in bloom, Stuttgart
StuttgartNeues Schloss with magnolias in bloom

Photos: Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License; Stuttgart by Baden de, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Pisa or Stuttgart?

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
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Stuttgart for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Stuttgart’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, Stuttgart 8: Pisa leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Pisa 55, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Pisa 68, Stuttgart 62: Pisa leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Pisa 40, Stuttgart 42: Stuttgart leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Pisa 62, Stuttgart 60: Pisa leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Pisa 92, Stuttgart 80: Pisa leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Pisa 52, Stuttgart 66: Stuttgart leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Pisa 76, Stuttgart 72: Pisa leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Pisa 38, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Pisa 55, Stuttgart 40: Pisa leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Pisa 38, Stuttgart 74: Stuttgart leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Pisa 45, Stuttgart 64: Stuttgart leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Pisa and Stuttgart.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Pisa
57match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Stuttgart
57match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Stuttgart in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
79 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PisaStuttgart

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre). Stuttgart: 1991-2020 normals, Stuttgart / Neckartal (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePisaStuttgart
Official languageItalianGerman
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 m245 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsStuttgart Airport (STR)10 km from centre124 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePisaStuttgart
City population88,737609,365
People per km²4792,938
Museums within 10 km2742
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km33
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.