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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

La Spezia or Savannah?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Savannah for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Savannah’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, Savannah 55: La Spezia leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia and Savannah are level on 58.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, Savannah 52: Savannah leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, Savannah 48: La Spezia leads by 31 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, Savannah 60: La Spezia leads by 27 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, Savannah 50: Savannah leads by 2 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, Savannah 58: La Spezia leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, Savannah 42: Savannah leads by 7 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, Savannah 35: La Spezia leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, Savannah 40: Savannah leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, Savannah 40: Savannah 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 Savannah.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

La Spezia
51match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

Savannah
51match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Savannah in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
144 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 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). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaSavannah
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation3 m15 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaSavannah
City population92,119147,780
People per km²1,792524
Museums within 10 km1219
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months6 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.