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Rocks and beach in Tangolunda Bay, Huatulco
HuatulcoRocks and beach in Tangolunda Bay
Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour

Photos: Huatulco by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License.

Huatulco 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 Huatulco for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • prices

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

Choose La Spezia for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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. Huatulco 86, La Spezia 60: Huatulco leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Huatulco 44, La Spezia 58: La Spezia leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Huatulco 15, La Spezia 40: La Spezia leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Huatulco 24, La Spezia 28: La Spezia leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Huatulco 76, La Spezia 79: La Spezia leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Huatulco 40, La Spezia 87: La Spezia leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Huatulco 56, La Spezia 48: Huatulco leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Huatulco 33, La Spezia 70: La Spezia leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Huatulco 20, La Spezia 35: La Spezia leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Huatulco 62, La Spezia 50: Huatulco leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Huatulco 9, La Spezia 28: La Spezia leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Huatulco 52, La Spezia 32: Huatulco leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Huatulco and La Spezia.

Your match

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

Huatulco
43match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

La Spezia
Best match
51match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Huatulco in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
156 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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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HuatulcoLa Spezia

Where the figures come from

Huatulco's temperatures are measured 42 km from the centre, at Puerto Angel, Oax..

Huatulco's station stands 177 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Huatulco 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.

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. Huatulco: 1991-2020 normals, Puerto Angel, Oax. (42.2 km from centre). La Spezia: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (64.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHuatulcoLa Spezia
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaItalian
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation220 m3 m
Main airportBahías de Huatulco International Airport (HUX)15 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHuatulcoLa Spezia
City population7,40992,119
People per km²-1,792
Museums within 10 km012
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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.