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The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Pisa or Tokyo?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Pisa leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Pisa 55, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 43 points.
Culture & sights. Pisa 68, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Pisa 40, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Pisa 62, Tokyo 68: Tokyo leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Pisa 92, Tokyo 85: Pisa leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Pisa 52, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 43 points.
Getting around. Pisa 76, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Pisa 38, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 61 points.
Affordability. Pisa 55, Tokyo 48: Pisa leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Pisa 38, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Pisa 45, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Pisa and Tokyo.

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.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on shopping and live music and the arts 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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 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). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePisaTokyo
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 m6 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasurePisaTokyo
City population88,73714,264,798
People per km²4796,501
Museums within 10 km27192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months4 months

Where else could you go?

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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.