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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
The city from Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavik
ReykjavikThe city from Hallgrímskirkja

Photos: La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License; Reykjavik by Atlantic Ambience, Pexels License.

La Spezia or Reykjavik?

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

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Reykjavik for

  • wellness
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Reykjavik’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, Reykjavik 12: La Spezia leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia 58, Reykjavik 42: La Spezia leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, Reykjavik 25: La Spezia leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, Reykjavik 45: Reykjavik leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, Reykjavik 92: Reykjavik leads by 13 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, Reykjavik 35: La Spezia leads by 52 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, Reykjavik 55: Reykjavik leads by 7 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, Reykjavik 55: La Spezia leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, Reykjavik 25: La Spezia leads by 10 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, Reykjavik 6: La Spezia leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, Reykjavik 45: Reykjavik leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, Reykjavik 88: Reykjavik leads by 56 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Spezia and Reykjavik.

Your match

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

La Spezia
Best match
51match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Reykjavik
44match

Wins on wellness and nightlife 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

Reykjavik in July

15 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
20 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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La SpeziaReykjavik

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). Reykjavik: 1991-2020 normals, Reykjavik (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaReykjavik
Official languageItalianIcelandic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Iceland Krona (ISK)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC
Emergency number112112
Elevation3 m8 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsKeflavik International Airport (KEF)37 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaReykjavik
City population92,119138,772
People per km²1,792569
Museums within 10 km1223
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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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.