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The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Pisa or Wellington?

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
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Wellington for

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Pisa leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Pisa 55, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Pisa 68, Wellington 44: Pisa leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Pisa 40, Wellington 45: Wellington leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Pisa 62, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Pisa 92, Wellington 40: Pisa leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Pisa 52, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Pisa 76, Wellington 68: Pisa leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Pisa 38, Wellington 42: Wellington leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Pisa 55, Wellington 33: Pisa leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Pisa 38, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Pisa 45, Wellington 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 Wellington.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Wellington
49match

Wins on live music and the arts and 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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °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

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePisaWellington
Official languageItalianEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation4 m0 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePisaWellington
City population88,737216,200
People per km²479487
Museums within 10 km2712
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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