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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas

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

La Spezia or Maastricht?

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

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose Maastricht for

  • shopping
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Maastricht’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, Maastricht 8: La Spezia leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia and Maastricht are level on 58.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, Maastricht 60: Maastricht leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, Maastricht 42: Maastricht leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, Maastricht 58: La Spezia leads by 21 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, Maastricht 77: La Spezia leads by 10 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, Maastricht 55: Maastricht leads by 7 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, Maastricht 74: Maastricht leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, Maastricht 60: Maastricht leads by 25 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, Maastricht 38: La Spezia leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, Maastricht 40: Maastricht leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, Maastricht 52: Maastricht leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Spezia and Maastricht.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

La Spezia
51match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Maastricht
52match

Wins on shopping and culture and sights 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

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaMaastricht
Official languageItalianDutch
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation3 m49 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaMaastricht
City population92,119120,227
People per km²1,7922,000
Museums within 10 km1221
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km25
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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.