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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

La Spezia or Lima?

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

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Lima for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Lima’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, Lima 42: La Spezia leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia 58, Lima 88: Lima leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, Lima 66: Lima leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, Lima 62: Lima leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, Lima 45: La Spezia leads by 34 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, Lima 34: La Spezia leads by 53 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, Lima 42: La Spezia leads by 6 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, Lima 35: La Spezia leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, Lima 52: Lima leads by 17 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, Lima 70: Lima leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, Lima 53: Lima leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, Lima 25: La Spezia leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Spezia and Lima.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

La Spezia
51match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Lima
51match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink 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

Lima in July

19 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
1 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
12 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). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaLima
Official languageItalianSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Sol (PEN)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112111 or 911
Elevation3 m154 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaLima
City population92,1199,943,800
People per km²1,7923,721
Museums within 10 km1247
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months2 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.