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Pulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon, Bath
BathPulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon
Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour

Photos: Bath by Lucas Carlini, Pexels License; La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License.

Bath 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 Bath for

  • wellness
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose La Spezia for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • 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. Bath 10, La Spezia 60: La Spezia leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Bath 44, La Spezia 58: La Spezia leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Bath 68, La Spezia 40: Bath leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Bath 30, La Spezia 28: Bath leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bath 58, La Spezia 79: La Spezia leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Bath 80, La Spezia 87: La Spezia leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Bath 50, La Spezia 48: Bath leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Bath 72, La Spezia 70: Bath leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Bath 54, La Spezia 35: Bath leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Bath 27, La Spezia 50: La Spezia leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bath 44, La Spezia 28: Bath leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bath 78, La Spezia 32: Bath leads by 46 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bath and La Spezia.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Bath
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Wins on wellness and culture and sights with your weighting.

La Spezia
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Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bath in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 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

Bath's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Lyneham.

Bath 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.

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. Bath: 1991-2020 normals, Lyneham (29.2 km from centre). La Spezia: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (64.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBathLa Spezia
Official languageEnglishItalian
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation132 m3 m
Main airportBristol Airport (BRS)25 km from centre117 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBathLa Spezia
City population94,09292,119
People per km²3,2451,792
Museums within 10 km1712
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.