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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
A cobbled street of painted houses in the old town, San Miguel de Allende
San Miguel de AllendeA cobbled street of painted houses in the old town

Photos: La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License; San Miguel de Allende by Russ Bowling, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

La Spezia or San Miguel de Allende?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose San Miguel de Allende for

  • wellness
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on San Miguel de Allende’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 Miguel de Allende 4: La Spezia leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia 58, San Miguel de Allende 62: San Miguel de Allende leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, San Miguel de Allende 62: San Miguel de Allende leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, San Miguel de Allende 38: San Miguel de Allende leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, San Miguel de Allende 40: La Spezia leads by 39 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, San Miguel de Allende 77: La Spezia leads by 10 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, San Miguel de Allende 32: La Spezia leads by 16 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, San Miguel de Allende 48: La Spezia leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, San Miguel de Allende 55: San Miguel de Allende leads by 20 points.
Affordability. La Spezia and San Miguel de Allende are level on 50.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, San Miguel de Allende 40: San Miguel de Allende leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, San Miguel de Allende 66: San Miguel de Allende leads by 34 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Spezia and San Miguel de Allende.

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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

San Miguel de Allende
48match

Wins on wellness and culture and sights 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 Miguel de Allende in July

29 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
132 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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.

San Miguel de Allende's temperatures are measured 54 km from the centre, at Guanajuato, Gto..

San Miguel de Allende 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 Miguel de Allende: 1991-2020 normals, Guanajuato, Gto. (53.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaSan Miguel de Allende
Official languageItalianSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation3 m1,900 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsGuanajuato International Airport (BJX)77 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaSan Miguel de Allende
City population92,11969,811
People per km²1,792-
Museums within 10 km122
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.