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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace

Photos: La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License; Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

La Spezia or Quebec 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

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Quebec City for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Quebec 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, Quebec City 18: La Spezia leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia 58, Quebec City 57: La Spezia leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, Quebec City 70: Quebec City leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, Quebec City 42: Quebec City leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia and Quebec City are level on 79.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, Quebec City 58: La Spezia leads by 29 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, Quebec City 64: Quebec City leads by 16 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, Quebec City 50: La Spezia leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, Quebec City 45: Quebec City leads by 10 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, Quebec City 45: La Spezia leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, Quebec City 52: Quebec City leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, Quebec City 55: Quebec City leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Spezia and Quebec City.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

La Spezia
51match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Quebec City
53match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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La SpeziaQuebec City

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). Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaQuebec City
Official languageItalianFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation3 m98 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaQuebec City
City population92,119574,482
People per km²1,7921,184
Museums within 10 km1216
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.