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The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

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

Pisa or Valparaiso?

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

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • nightlife
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Pisa leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Pisa 55, Valparaiso 50: Pisa leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Pisa 68, Valparaiso 62: Pisa leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Pisa 40, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Pisa 62, Valparaiso 60: Pisa leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Pisa 92, Valparaiso 63: Pisa leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Pisa 52, Valparaiso 33: Pisa leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Pisa 76, Valparaiso 44: Pisa leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Pisa 38, Valparaiso 30: Pisa leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Pisa 55, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Pisa and Valparaiso are level on 38.
Wellness & relaxation. Pisa 45, Valparaiso 18: Pisa leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Pisa and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Pisa
Best match
57match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on nightlife 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

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Valparaiso 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePisaValparaiso
Official languageItalianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation4 m21 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasurePisaValparaiso
City population88,737296,655
People per km²4796,180
Museums within 10 km2717
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.