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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town

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

La Spezia or Mazatlan?

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 Mazatlan for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Mazatlan’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, Mazatlan 80: Mazatlan leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia 58, Mazatlan 62: Mazatlan leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, Mazatlan 42: Mazatlan leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, Mazatlan 55: Mazatlan leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, Mazatlan 66: La Spezia leads by 13 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, Mazatlan 45: La Spezia leads by 42 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, Mazatlan 60: Mazatlan leads by 12 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, Mazatlan 42: La Spezia leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, Mazatlan 30: La Spezia leads by 5 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, Mazatlan 70: Mazatlan leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, Mazatlan 40: Mazatlan leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, Mazatlan 35: Mazatlan leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Spezia and Mazatlan.

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 day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Mazatlan
52match

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

Mazatlan in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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). Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaMazatlan
Official languageItalianSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number112911
Elevation3 m139 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaMazatlan
City population92,119441,975
People per km²1,792-
Museums within 10 km123
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months12 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.