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The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower
Minato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock, Yokohama
YokohamaMinato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock

Photos: Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License; Yokohama by Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Pisa or Yokohama?

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

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • day trips

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

Choose Yokohama for

  • families
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Yokohama’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, Yokohama 46: Pisa leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Pisa 55, Yokohama 72: Yokohama leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Pisa 68, Yokohama 55: Pisa leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Pisa 40, Yokohama 44: Yokohama leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Pisa 62, Yokohama 66: Yokohama leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Pisa 92, Yokohama 86: Pisa leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Pisa 52, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Pisa 76, Yokohama 87: Yokohama leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Pisa 38, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Pisa and Yokohama are level on 55.
Live music & performing arts. Pisa 38, Yokohama 56: Yokohama leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Pisa 45, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Pisa and Yokohama.

Your match

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

Pisa
57match

Wins on culture and sights and beaches with your weighting.

Yokohama
Best match
64match

Wins on families and shopping 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

Yokohama in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Yokohama's sunshine is measured 29 km from the centre, at Tokyo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre). Yokohama: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Yokohama (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePisaYokohama
Official languageItalianJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation4 m24 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasurePisaYokohama
City population88,7373,757,630
People per km²4798,585
Museums within 10 km2738
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months5 months

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.