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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
Main Beach with its palms and lifeguard tower, Laguna Beach
Laguna BeachMain Beach with its palms and lifeguard tower

Photos: La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License; Laguna Beach by Mark Stebnicki, Pexels License.

La Spezia or Laguna Beach?

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 La Spezia for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • food and drink

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

Choose Laguna Beach for

  • families
  • wellness
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Laguna Beach’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. La Spezia 60, Laguna Beach 72: Laguna Beach leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia 58, Laguna Beach 40: La Spezia leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, Laguna Beach 27: La Spezia leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, Laguna Beach 18: La Spezia leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, Laguna Beach 73: La Spezia leads by 6 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, Laguna Beach 72: La Spezia leads by 15 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, Laguna Beach 68: Laguna Beach leads by 20 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, Laguna Beach 33: La Spezia leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, Laguna Beach 46: Laguna Beach leads by 11 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, Laguna Beach 12: La Spezia leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, Laguna Beach 40: Laguna Beach leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, Laguna Beach 47: Laguna Beach leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Spezia and Laguna Beach.

Your match

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

La Spezia
Best match
51match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

Laguna Beach
46match

Wins on families and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Laguna Beach in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 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. La Spezia: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (64.8 km from centre). Laguna Beach: 1981-2010 normals, Irvine (15.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaLaguna Beach
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation3 m6 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)18 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaLaguna Beach
City population92,11923,032
People per km²1,792907
Museums within 10 km122
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.