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Clearwater Beach in evening light, with its hotels and pier, Clearwater
ClearwaterClearwater Beach in evening light, with its hotels and pier
Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour

Photos: Clearwater by ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License.

Clearwater 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 Clearwater for

  • beaches
  • families
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose La Spezia for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • 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. Clearwater 90, La Spezia 60: Clearwater leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Clearwater 38, La Spezia 58: La Spezia leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Clearwater 18, La Spezia 40: La Spezia leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Clearwater 34, La Spezia 28: Clearwater leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Clearwater 55, La Spezia 79: La Spezia leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Clearwater 58, La Spezia 87: La Spezia leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Clearwater 78, La Spezia 48: Clearwater leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Clearwater 28, La Spezia 70: La Spezia leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Clearwater 27, La Spezia 35: La Spezia leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Clearwater 35, La Spezia 50: La Spezia leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Clearwater 36, La Spezia 28: Clearwater leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Clearwater 40, La Spezia 32: Clearwater leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Clearwater and La Spezia.

Your match

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

Clearwater
45match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

La Spezia
Best match
51match

Wins on getting around 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.

Clearwater in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
188 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °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

Clearwater 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.

Clearwater's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Tampa International Airport.

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. Clearwater: 2006-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Saint Petersburg / High Point (12.7 km from centre). La Spezia: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (64.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureClearwaterLa Spezia
Official language-Italian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation9 m3 m
Main airportSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureClearwaterLa Spezia
City population117,29292,119
People per km²1,1541,792
Museums within 10 km412
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 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.