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The Römer, the old city hall, Frankfurt
FrankfurtThe Römer, the old city hall
Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour

Photos: Frankfurt by Thomas Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, cropped; La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License.

Frankfurt 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 Frankfurt for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose La Spezia for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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. Frankfurt 8, La Spezia 60: La Spezia leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Frankfurt 52, La Spezia 58: La Spezia leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Frankfurt 60, La Spezia 40: Frankfurt leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Frankfurt 52, La Spezia 28: Frankfurt leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Frankfurt 58, La Spezia 79: La Spezia leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Frankfurt 86, La Spezia 87: La Spezia leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Frankfurt 62, La Spezia 48: Frankfurt leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Frankfurt 78, La Spezia 70: Frankfurt leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Frankfurt 56, La Spezia 35: Frankfurt leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Frankfurt 38, La Spezia 50: La Spezia leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Frankfurt 68, La Spezia 28: Frankfurt leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Frankfurt 52, La Spezia 32: Frankfurt leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Frankfurt and La Spezia.

Your match

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

Frankfurt
Best match
56match

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

La Spezia
51match

Wins on beaches 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.

Frankfurt in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
68 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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. Frankfurt: 1991-2020 normals, Frankfurt Westend (2 km from centre). La Spezia: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (64.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFrankfurtLa Spezia
Official languageGermanItalian
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
Elevation101 m3 m
Main airportFrankfurt Main Airport (FRA)13 km from centre281 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFrankfurtLa Spezia
City population760,65692,119
People per km²3,0631,792
Museums within 10 km5312
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.