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The skyline across the water with the Chugach Mountains behind, Anchorage
AnchorageThe skyline across the water with the Chugach Mountains behind
Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour

Photos: Anchorage by Frank K., CC BY 2.0, cropped; La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License.

Anchorage 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 Anchorage for

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

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

Choose La Spezia for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • getting around

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. Anchorage 8, La Spezia 60: La Spezia leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Anchorage 40, La Spezia 58: La Spezia leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Anchorage 35, La Spezia 40: La Spezia leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Anchorage 30, La Spezia 28: Anchorage leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Anchorage 93, La Spezia 79: Anchorage leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Anchorage 33, La Spezia 87: La Spezia leads by 54 points.
Good for families. Anchorage 55, La Spezia 48: Anchorage leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Anchorage 22, La Spezia 70: La Spezia leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Anchorage 28, La Spezia 35: La Spezia leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Anchorage 28, La Spezia 50: La Spezia leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Anchorage 34, La Spezia 28: Anchorage leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Anchorage 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: Anchorage and La Spezia.

Your match

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

Anchorage
37match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families with your weighting.

La Spezia
Best match
51match

Wins on day trips 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.

Anchorage in July

20 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
18 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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AnchorageLa 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. Anchorage: 1991-2020 normals, Anchorage Air Force Base (7 km from centre). La Spezia: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (64.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnchorageLa Spezia
Official language-Italian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-9, UTC-8 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation31 m3 m
Main airportTed Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC)7 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnchorageLa Spezia
City population291,24792,119
People per km²581,792
Museums within 10 km512
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.