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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
A cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan, San Juan
San JuanA cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan

Photos: La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License; San Juan by Mohan Nannapaneni, Pexels License.

La Spezia or San Juan?

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
  • getting around
  • prices

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

Choose San Juan for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on San Juan’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, San Juan 84: San Juan leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia 58, San Juan 66: San Juan leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, San Juan 64: San Juan leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, San Juan 70: San Juan leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, San Juan 74: La Spezia leads by 5 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, San Juan 52: La Spezia leads by 35 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, San Juan 58: San Juan leads by 10 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, San Juan 38: La Spezia leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, San Juan 50: San Juan leads by 15 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, San Juan 38: La Spezia leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, San Juan 55: San Juan leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, San Juan 40: San Juan 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 San Juan.

Your match

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

La Spezia
51match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

San Juan
Best match
57match

Wins on nightlife 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

San Juan in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 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). San Juan: 1991-2020 normals, San Juan / Int., Puerto Rico (12.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaSan Juan
Official languageItalianSpanish, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112911
Elevation3 m3 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsLuis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU)12 km from centre59 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaSan Juan
City population92,119342,259
People per km²1,7922,847
Museums within 10 km1218
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months12 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.