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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License.

Austin 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 Austin for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose La Spezia for

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • day trips

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. Austin 30, La Spezia 60: La Spezia leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, La Spezia 58: Austin leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Austin and La Spezia are level on 40.
Nightlife. Austin 65, La Spezia 28: Austin leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, La Spezia 79: La Spezia leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, La Spezia 87: La Spezia leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, La Spezia 48: Austin leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, La Spezia 70: La Spezia leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, La Spezia 35: Austin leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, La Spezia 50: La Spezia leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, La Spezia 28: Austin leads by 49 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 40, La Spezia 32: Austin leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and La Spezia.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Austin
50match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

La Spezia
51match

Wins on getting around 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.

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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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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. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). La Spezia: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (64.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinLa Spezia
Official language-Italian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation149 m3 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinLa Spezia
City population961,85592,119
People per km²1,2171,792
Museums within 10 km2112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.