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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License.

Dublin 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 Dublin for

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

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

Choose La Spezia for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • 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. Dublin 27, La Spezia 60: La Spezia leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, La Spezia 58: La Spezia leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, La Spezia 40: Dublin leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, La Spezia 28: Dublin leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, La Spezia 79: La Spezia leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, La Spezia 87: La Spezia leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, La Spezia 48: Dublin leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, La Spezia 70: La Spezia leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, La Spezia 35: Dublin leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, La Spezia 50: La Spezia leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, La Spezia 28: Dublin leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, La Spezia 32: La Spezia leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and La Spezia.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Dublin
53match

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

La Spezia
51match

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.

Dublin in July

20 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
15 °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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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. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). La Spezia: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (64.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinLa Spezia
Official languageEnglish, IrishItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation20 m3 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinLa Spezia
City population592,71392,119
People per km²5,1541,792
Museums within 10 km4012
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 months

Where else could you go?

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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.