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The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower
Victoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter, Victoria Falls
Victoria FallsVictoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter

Photos: Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License; Victoria Falls by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Pisa or Victoria Falls?

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

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • beaches

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

Choose Victoria Falls for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria Falls’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, Victoria Falls 7: Pisa leads by 51 points.
Food & drink. Pisa 55, Victoria Falls 24: Pisa leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Pisa 68, Victoria Falls 12: Pisa leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. Pisa 40, Victoria Falls 8: Pisa leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Pisa 62, Victoria Falls 94: Victoria Falls leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Pisa 92, Victoria Falls 22: Pisa leads by 70 points.
Good for families. Pisa 52, Victoria Falls 38: Pisa leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Pisa 76, Victoria Falls 45: Pisa leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Pisa 38, Victoria Falls 18: Pisa leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Pisa 55, Victoria Falls 32: Pisa leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Pisa 38, Victoria Falls 10: Pisa leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Pisa 45, Victoria Falls 34: Pisa leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Pisa and Victoria Falls.

Your match

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

Pisa
Best match
57match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Victoria Falls
29match

Wins on 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

Victoria Falls in July

26 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PisaVictoria Falls

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre). Victoria Falls: 1991-2020 normals, Livingstone (13.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePisaVictoria Falls
Official languageItalianEnglish, Xhosa, Ndau, Venda, Chewa, Khoisan, Kalanga, Shona, Tonga, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Northern Ndebele, Nambya, Zimbabwe Sign Language, Barwe
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Zimbabwe Gold (ZWG)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112999
Elevation4 m961 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsVictoria Falls International Airport (VFA)18 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePisaVictoria Falls
City population88,73733,060
People per km²479-
Museums within 10 km272
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.