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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License.

Cadiz 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 Cadiz for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • beaches

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

Choose La Spezia for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Cadiz 80, La Spezia 60: Cadiz leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, La Spezia 58: Cadiz leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, La Spezia 40: Cadiz leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, La Spezia 28: Cadiz leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, La Spezia 79: La Spezia leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, La Spezia 87: La Spezia leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, La Spezia 48: Cadiz leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Cadiz and La Spezia are level on 70.
Shopping & style. Cadiz and La Spezia are level on 35.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, La Spezia 50: Cadiz leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, La Spezia 28: Cadiz leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, La Spezia 32: Cadiz leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and La Spezia.

Your match

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

Cadiz
Best match
60match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

La Spezia
51match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cadiz in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
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. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). La Spezia: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (64.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizLa Spezia
Official languageSpanishItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m3 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizLa Spezia
City population109,95092,119
People per km²9,0871,792
Museums within 10 km1112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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). 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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.