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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

La Spezia or Prague?

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

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Prague for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Prague’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, Prague 10: La Spezia leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia 58, Prague 50: La Spezia leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, Prague 83: Prague leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, Prague 65: Prague leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, Prague 58: La Spezia leads by 21 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, Prague 77: La Spezia leads by 10 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, Prague 50: Prague leads by 2 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, Prague 83: Prague leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, Prague 50: Prague leads by 15 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, Prague 62: Prague leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, Prague 76: Prague leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, Prague 40: Prague leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Spezia and Prague.

Your match

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

La Spezia
51match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Prague
Best match
59match

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

Prague in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaPrague
Official languageItalianCzech
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Czech Koruna (CZK)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation3 m235 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaPrague
City population92,1191,397,880
People per km²1,7922,817
Museums within 10 km1288
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.