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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
The yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo, Merida
MeridaThe yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo

Photos: La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License; Merida by Mariposa2723, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

La Spezia or Merida?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • beaches

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

Choose Merida for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Merida’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, Merida 50: La Spezia leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia 58, Merida 72: Merida leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, Merida 64: Merida leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, Merida 42: Merida leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, Merida 48: La Spezia leads by 31 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, Merida 80: La Spezia leads by 7 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, Merida 50: Merida leads by 2 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, Merida 45: La Spezia leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, Merida 50: Merida leads by 15 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, Merida 75: Merida leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, Merida 52: Merida leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, Merida 40: Merida leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Spezia and Merida.

Your match

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

La Spezia
51match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Merida
Best match
56match

Wins on prices 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

Merida in July

35 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
148 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
27 °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). Merida: 1991-2020 normals, Merida / lic Manuel Crecencio (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaMerida
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-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation3 m12 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsManuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MID)5 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaMerida
City population92,119892,363
People per km²1,7921,010
Museums within 10 km125
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.