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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License.

La Spezia or St. Petersburg, Florida?

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
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on St. Petersburg, Florida’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, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia 58, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: La Spezia leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: La Spezia leads by 21 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: La Spezia leads by 32 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 22 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: La Spezia leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 3 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: La Spezia leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, St. Petersburg, Florida 40: St. Petersburg, Florida 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 St. Petersburg, Florida.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

La Spezia
51match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

St. Petersburg, Florida
50match

Wins on beaches and families 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

St. Petersburg, Florida in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °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). St. Petersburg, Florida: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Saint Petersburg (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaSt. Petersburg, Florida
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 m134 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population92,119258,308
People per km²1,792725
Museums within 10 km1213
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months8 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.