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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral

Photos: La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License; Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

La Spezia or Sao Paulo?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Sao Paulo for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Sao Paulo’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, Sao Paulo 42: La Spezia leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia 58, Sao Paulo 84: Sao Paulo leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, Sao Paulo 60: Sao Paulo leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, Sao Paulo 86: Sao Paulo leads by 58 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, Sao Paulo 48: La Spezia leads by 31 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, Sao Paulo 47: La Spezia leads by 40 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, Sao Paulo 52: Sao Paulo leads by 4 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, Sao Paulo 44: La Spezia leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, Sao Paulo 70: Sao Paulo leads by 35 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, Sao Paulo 62: Sao Paulo leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, Sao Paulo 76: Sao Paulo leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, Sao Paulo 25: La Spezia leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Spezia and Sao Paulo.

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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Sao Paulo
Best match
58match

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

Sao Paulo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
53 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
11 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). Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaSao Paulo
Official languageItalianPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation3 m760 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaSao Paulo
City population92,11911,451,999
People per km²1,7927,519
Museums within 10 km1290
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.