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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky

Photos: La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License; Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

La Spezia or Quito?

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 Quito for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Quito’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, Quito 5: La Spezia leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia 58, Quito 54: La Spezia leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, Quito 77: Quito leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, Quito 40: Quito leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, Quito 86: Quito leads by 7 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, Quito 55: La Spezia leads by 32 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, Quito 32: La Spezia leads by 16 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, Quito 45: La Spezia leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, Quito 40: Quito leads by 5 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, Quito 78: Quito leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, Quito 38: Quito leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, Quito 44: Quito leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Spezia and Quito.

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 beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Quito
50match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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

Quito in July

18 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 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.

Quito's station stands 208 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. La Spezia: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (64.8 km from centre). Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaQuito
Official languageItalianSpanish, Shuar, Northern Quichua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112911
Elevation3 m2,850 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaQuito
City population92,1191,763,275
People per km²1,7924,735
Museums within 10 km1216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.