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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
Bell Rock outside Sedona, Sedona
SedonaBell Rock outside Sedona

Photos: La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License; Sedona by dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

La Spezia or Sedona?

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

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • day trips

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

Choose Sedona for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Sedona’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, Sedona 16: La Spezia leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia 58, Sedona 33: La Spezia leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, Sedona 20: La Spezia leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, Sedona 8: La Spezia leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, Sedona 93: Sedona leads by 14 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, Sedona 55: La Spezia leads by 32 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, Sedona 42: La Spezia leads by 6 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, Sedona 22: La Spezia leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, Sedona 34: La Spezia leads by 1 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, Sedona 18: La Spezia leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, Sedona 13: La Spezia leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, Sedona 82: Sedona leads by 50 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Spezia and Sedona.

Your match

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

La Spezia
Best match
51match

Wins on getting around and beaches with your weighting.

Sedona
36match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors 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

Sedona in July

34 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
51 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
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.

Sedona's station stands 153 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Sedona 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). Sedona: 2009-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sedona / West Sedona (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaSedona
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number112911
Elevation3 m1,319 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)160 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaSedona
City population92,1199,684
People per km²1,792195
Museums within 10 km120
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.