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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour

Photos: Acapulco by Felicia Navarrete, Pexels License; La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License.

Acapulco or La Spezia?

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 Acapulco for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • beaches

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

Choose La Spezia for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on La Spezia’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. Acapulco 80, La Spezia 60: Acapulco leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Acapulco 55, La Spezia 58: La Spezia leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Acapulco 28, La Spezia 40: La Spezia leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, La Spezia 28: Acapulco leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco 50, La Spezia 79: La Spezia leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, La Spezia 87: La Spezia leads by 72 points.
Good for families. Acapulco 45, La Spezia 48: La Spezia leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, La Spezia 70: La Spezia leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, La Spezia 35: La Spezia leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, La Spezia 50: Acapulco leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, La Spezia 28: La Spezia leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco and La Spezia are level on 32.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and La Spezia.

Your match

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

Acapulco
44match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

La Spezia
Best match
51match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Acapulco in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
226 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

La Spezia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
20 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AcapulcoLa Spezia

Where the figures come from

La Spezia's temperatures are measured 65 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

La Spezia 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. Acapulco: 1991-2020 normals, Acapulco, Gro. (5.9 km from centre). La Spezia: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (64.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoLa Spezia
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaItalian
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation18 m3 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoLa Spezia
City population658,60992,119
People per km²3501,792
Museums within 10 km312
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.