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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park

Photos: La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License; Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

La Spezia or Paphos?

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

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Paphos for

  • culture and sights
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Paphos’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, Paphos 76: Paphos leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia 58, Paphos 45: La Spezia leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, Paphos 62: Paphos leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, Paphos 38: Paphos leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, Paphos 70: La Spezia leads by 9 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, Paphos 64: La Spezia leads by 23 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, Paphos 68: Paphos leads by 20 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, Paphos 40: La Spezia leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, Paphos 25: La Spezia leads by 10 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, Paphos 52: Paphos leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, Paphos 22: La Spezia leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, Paphos 42: Paphos 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 Paphos.

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 getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Paphos
50match

Wins on culture and sights and families 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

Paphos in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 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.

Paphos 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). Paphos: 1991-2020 normals, Paphos Airport (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaPaphos
Official languageItalianTurkish, Greek, Modern Greek
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation3 m72 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre58 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaPaphos
City population92,11935,961
People per km²1,7921,987
Museums within 10 km124
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months6 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.