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The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower
Palms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue, West Palm Beach
West Palm BeachPalms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue

Photos: Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License; West Palm Beach by Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Pisa or West Palm Beach?

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
  • prices

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

Choose West Palm Beach for

  • shopping
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on West Palm Beach’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, West Palm Beach 80: West Palm Beach leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Pisa 55, West Palm Beach 52: Pisa leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Pisa 68, West Palm Beach 42: Pisa leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Pisa 40, West Palm Beach 36: Pisa leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Pisa 62, West Palm Beach 58: Pisa leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Pisa 92, West Palm Beach 55: Pisa leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Pisa 52, West Palm Beach 66: West Palm Beach leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Pisa 76, West Palm Beach 38: Pisa leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Pisa 38, West Palm Beach 64: West Palm Beach leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Pisa 55, West Palm Beach 23: Pisa leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Pisa 38, West Palm Beach 47: West Palm Beach leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Pisa 45, West Palm Beach 44: Pisa leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Pisa and West Palm Beach.

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.

West Palm Beach
50match

Wins on shopping and beaches 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

West Palm Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PisaWest Palm Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre). West Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePisaWest Palm Beach
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation4 m6 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePisaWest Palm Beach
City population88,737117,415
People per km²479786
Museums within 10 km274
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months12 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. 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.