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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License.

Faro 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 Faro for

  • beaches
  • families
  • prices

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

Choose La Spezia for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

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. Faro 74, La Spezia 60: Faro leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, La Spezia 58: La Spezia leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, La Spezia 40: La Spezia leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, La Spezia 28: Faro leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, La Spezia 79: La Spezia leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Faro 64, La Spezia 87: La Spezia leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, La Spezia 48: Faro leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, La Spezia 70: La Spezia leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Faro and La Spezia are level on 35.
Affordability. Faro 60, La Spezia 50: Faro leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, La Spezia 28: Faro leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 33, La Spezia 32: Faro leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro 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

Faro
49match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

La Spezia
51match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Faro in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °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. Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre). La Spezia: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (64.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroLa Spezia
Official languagePortugueseItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m3 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroLa Spezia
City population64,56092,119
People per km²3191,792
Museums within 10 km212
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.