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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
The statue of Columbus in Parque Colon before the cathedral, Santo Domingo
Santo DomingoThe statue of Columbus in Parque Colon before the cathedral

Photos: La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License; Santo Domingo by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

La Spezia or Santo Domingo?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Santo Domingo for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Santo Domingo’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, Santo Domingo 58: La Spezia leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia and Santo Domingo are level on 58.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, Santo Domingo 64: Santo Domingo leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, Santo Domingo 66: Santo Domingo leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, Santo Domingo 36: La Spezia leads by 43 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, Santo Domingo 44: La Spezia leads by 43 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, Santo Domingo 40: La Spezia leads by 8 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, Santo Domingo 40: La Spezia leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, Santo Domingo 44: Santo Domingo leads by 9 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, Santo Domingo 66: Santo Domingo leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, Santo Domingo 46: Santo Domingo leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, Santo Domingo 22: La Spezia leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Spezia and Santo Domingo.

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 nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

Santo Domingo
49match

Wins on nightlife 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

Santo Domingo in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
183 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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.

Santo Domingo 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). Santo Domingo: 1991-2020 normals, Santo Domingo (6.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaSanto Domingo
Official languageItalianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112911
Elevation3 m14 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsLas Américas International Airport (SDQ)28 km from centre40 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaSanto Domingo
City population92,1192,201,941
People per km²1,7921,691
Museums within 10 km1210
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months12 months

Where else could you go?

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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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.