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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
The skyline over the Schuylkill, Philadelphia
PhiladelphiaThe skyline over the Schuylkill

Photos: La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License; Philadelphia by Trev W. Adams, Pexels License.

La Spezia or Philadelphia?

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
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Philadelphia for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Philadelphia’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, Philadelphia 36: La Spezia leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia 58, Philadelphia 62: Philadelphia leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, Philadelphia 55: Philadelphia leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, Philadelphia 52: La Spezia leads by 27 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, Philadelphia 80: La Spezia leads by 7 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, Philadelphia 68: Philadelphia leads by 20 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, Philadelphia 66: La Spezia leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, Philadelphia 57: Philadelphia leads by 22 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, Philadelphia 40: La Spezia leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, Philadelphia 26: La Spezia 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 Philadelphia.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Philadelphia
Best match
57match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Philadelphia in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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). Philadelphia: 1991-2020 normals, Philadelphia International Airport (11.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaPhiladelphia
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation3 m12 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsPhiladelphia International Airport (PHL)11 km from centre129 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaPhiladelphia
City population92,1191,603,797
People per km²1,7924,339
Museums within 10 km1254
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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.