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The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

Photos: Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License; Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Pisa or Toledo?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

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

Choose Toledo for

  • culture and sights
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Toledo’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, Toledo 5: Pisa leads by 53 points.
Food & drink. Pisa 55, Toledo 40: Pisa leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Pisa 68, Toledo 79: Toledo leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Pisa 40, Toledo 22: Pisa leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Pisa 62, Toledo 40: Pisa leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Pisa 92, Toledo 78: Pisa leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Pisa 52, Toledo 45: Pisa leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Pisa 76, Toledo 64: Pisa leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Pisa 38, Toledo 32: Pisa leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Pisa 55, Toledo 58: Toledo leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Pisa 38, Toledo 22: Pisa leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Pisa 45, Toledo 30: Pisa leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Pisa and Toledo.

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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Toledo
43match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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

Toledo in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
6 mmrain in the month
13 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre). Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePisaToledo
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 m523 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePisaToledo
City population88,73787,216
People per km²479376
Museums within 10 km2713
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
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.