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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky

Photos: La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License; Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

La Spezia or Montevideo?

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
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Montevideo for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Montevideo’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, Montevideo 55: La Spezia leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia 58, Montevideo 57: La Spezia leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, Montevideo 54: Montevideo leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, Montevideo 50: Montevideo leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, Montevideo 34: La Spezia leads by 45 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, Montevideo 55: La Spezia leads by 32 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 7 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, Montevideo 54: La Spezia leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, Montevideo 36: Montevideo leads by 1 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, Montevideo 42: La Spezia leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, Montevideo 38: Montevideo leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Spezia and Montevideo.

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 nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

Montevideo
49match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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

Montevideo in July

15 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
99 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
10 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). Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaMontevideo
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112911
Elevation3 m41 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaMontevideo
City population92,1191,302,954
People per km²1,7921,785
Museums within 10 km1236
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months4 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.