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Nyhavn, Copenhagen
CopenhagenNyhavn
Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour

Photos: Copenhagen by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License.

Copenhagen 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 Copenhagen for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • shopping

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

Choose La Spezia for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • beaches

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. Copenhagen 40, La Spezia 60: La Spezia leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Copenhagen 76, La Spezia 58: Copenhagen leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Copenhagen 72, La Spezia 40: Copenhagen leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Copenhagen 60, La Spezia 28: Copenhagen leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Copenhagen 45, La Spezia 79: La Spezia leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Copenhagen 72, La Spezia 87: La Spezia leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Copenhagen 85, La Spezia 48: Copenhagen leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Copenhagen 85, La Spezia 70: Copenhagen leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Copenhagen 70, La Spezia 35: Copenhagen leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Copenhagen 18, La Spezia 50: La Spezia leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Copenhagen 68, La Spezia 28: Copenhagen leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Copenhagen 55, La Spezia 32: Copenhagen leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Copenhagen and La Spezia.

Your match

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

Copenhagen
Best match
62match

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

La Spezia
51match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Copenhagen in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
17 °Csea
17 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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CopenhagenLa 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. Copenhagen: 1991-2020 normals, Koebenhavn / Landbohoejskolen (2.4 km from centre). La Spezia: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (64.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCopenhagenLa Spezia
Official languageDanishItalian
CurrencyDanish Krone (DKK)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCEFK230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation14 m3 m
Main airportCopenhagen Kastrup Airport (CPH)8 km from centre196 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCopenhagenLa Spezia
City population667,09992,119
People per km²7,3391,792
Museums within 10 km7212
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km52
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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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.