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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
Seven Mile Beach, Negril
NegrilSeven Mile Beach

Photos: La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License; Negril by gustavo.kunst, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

La Spezia or Negril?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Negril for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Negril’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, Negril 93: Negril leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia 58, Negril 36: La Spezia leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, Negril 8: La Spezia leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, Negril 40: Negril leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, Negril 60: La Spezia leads by 19 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, Negril 35: La Spezia leads by 52 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, Negril 45: La Spezia leads by 3 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, Negril 30: La Spezia leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, Negril 15: La Spezia leads by 20 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, Negril 44: La Spezia leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, Negril 33: Negril leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, Negril 52: Negril leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Spezia and Negril.

Your match

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

La Spezia
Best match
51match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Negril
41match

Wins on beaches and wellness 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

Negril in July

34 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
174 mmrain in the month
9 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.

Negril's temperatures are measured 52 km from the centre, at Montego Bay / Sangster.

Negril 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). Negril: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (51.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaNegril
Official languageItalianEnglish, Jamaican Patois
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB116 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112Police 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation3 m10 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)52 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaNegril
City population92,1194,500
People per km²1,792-
Museums within 10 km120
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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.