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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
The towers of Panama City reflected in the bay in golden light, Panama City
Panama CityThe towers of Panama City reflected in the bay in golden light

Photos: La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License; Panama City by Ayaita, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

La Spezia or Panama City?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose Panama City for

  • nightlife
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Panama City’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, Panama City 44: La Spezia leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia 58, Panama City 57: La Spezia leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, Panama City 62: Panama City leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, Panama City 74: La Spezia leads by 5 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, Panama City 50: La Spezia leads by 37 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, Panama City 45: La Spezia leads by 3 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, Panama City 40: La Spezia leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, Panama City 52: Panama City leads by 17 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, Panama City 55: Panama City leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, Panama City 34: Panama City leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, Panama City 22: La Spezia leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Spezia and Panama City.

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.

Panama City
50match

Wins on nightlife 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

Panama City in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
161 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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.

Panama City 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). Panama City: 1991-2020 normals, Tocumen (20.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaPanama City
Official languageItalianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Balboa (PAB)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112911
Elevation3 m20 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsTocumen International Airport (PTY)20 km from centre92 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaPanama City
City population92,1191,540,000
People per km²1,7925,600
Museums within 10 km1210
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.