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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace

Photos: La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License; Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

La Spezia or Split?

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
  • prices
  • getting around

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

Choose Split for

  • culture and sights
  • nightlife
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Split’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, Split 75: Split leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia 58, Split 57: La Spezia leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, Split 66: Split leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, Split 52: Split leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, Split 77: La Spezia leads by 2 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, Split 78: La Spezia leads by 9 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, Split 54: Split leads by 6 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, Split 67: La Spezia leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, Split 32: La Spezia leads by 3 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, Split 45: La Spezia leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, Split 37: Split leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, Split 40: Split 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 Split.

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 prices with your weighting.

Split
Best match
57match

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

Split in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
25 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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). Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaSplit
Official languageItalianCroatian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation3 m0 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaSplit
City population92,119160,577
People per km²1,792-
Museums within 10 km1211
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months4 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.