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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens

Photos: La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License; Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

La Spezia or Marrakech?

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
  • beaches
  • getting around

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

Choose Marrakech for

  • wellness
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Marrakech’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, Marrakech 7: La Spezia leads by 53 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia 58, Marrakech 64: Marrakech leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, Marrakech 76: Marrakech leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, Marrakech 33: Marrakech leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, Marrakech 70: La Spezia leads by 9 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, Marrakech 28: La Spezia leads by 59 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, Marrakech 25: La Spezia leads by 23 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, Marrakech 38: La Spezia leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 37 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, Marrakech 25: La Spezia leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, Marrakech 75: Marrakech leads by 43 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Spezia and Marrakech.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

La Spezia
51match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Marrakech
49match

Wins on wellness and shopping 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

Marrakech in July

38 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaMarrakech
Official languageItalianArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation3 m465 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaMarrakech
City population92,1191,002,697
People per km²1,7924,360
Museums within 10 km1214
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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.