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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle

Photos: La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License; Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License.

La Spezia or Puerto Iguazu?

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
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Puerto Iguazu for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Iguazu’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, Puerto Iguazu 5: La Spezia leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia 58, Puerto Iguazu 28: La Spezia leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, Puerto Iguazu 9: La Spezia leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, Puerto Iguazu 14: La Spezia leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, Puerto Iguazu 95: Puerto Iguazu leads by 16 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, Puerto Iguazu 33: La Spezia leads by 54 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, Puerto Iguazu 55: Puerto Iguazu leads by 7 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, Puerto Iguazu 54: La Spezia leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, Puerto Iguazu 17: La Spezia leads by 18 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, Puerto Iguazu 48: La Spezia leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, Puerto Iguazu 7: La Spezia leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, Puerto Iguazu 34: Puerto Iguazu leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Spezia and Puerto Iguazu.

Your match

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

La Spezia
Best match
51match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Puerto Iguazu
33match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Puerto Iguazu in July

22 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
103 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
No seasea
11 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). Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaPuerto Iguazu
Official languageItalianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112117 or 911
Elevation3 m162 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaPuerto Iguazu
City population92,11954,903
People per km²1,792-
Museums within 10 km120
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. 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.