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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above

Photos: La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License; Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

La Spezia or Marmaris?

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

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Marmaris for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Marmaris’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, Marmaris 80: Marmaris leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia 58, Marmaris 40: La Spezia leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, Marmaris 18: La Spezia leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, Marmaris 60: Marmaris leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, Marmaris 72: La Spezia leads by 7 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, Marmaris 65: La Spezia leads by 22 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, Marmaris 62: Marmaris leads by 14 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, Marmaris 55: La Spezia leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, Marmaris 38: Marmaris leads by 3 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, Marmaris 62: Marmaris leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, Marmaris 12: La Spezia leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, Marmaris 50: Marmaris leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Spezia and Marmaris.

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
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Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

Marmaris
51match

Wins on nightlife and beaches 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

Marmaris in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
8 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °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.

Marmaris's temperatures are measured 49 km from the centre, at Dalaman.

Marmaris 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). Marmaris: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (48.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaMarmaris
Official languageItalianTurkish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112112
Elevation3 m7 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaMarmaris
City population92,11997,818
People per km²1,792111
Museums within 10 km121
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months6 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. 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.