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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
The old railway depot in the snow, Steamboat Springs
Steamboat SpringsThe old railway depot in the snow

Photos: La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License; Steamboat Springs by Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

La Spezia or Steamboat Springs?

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
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Steamboat Springs for

  • wellness
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Steamboat Springs’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, Steamboat Springs 7: La Spezia leads by 53 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia 58, Steamboat Springs 30: La Spezia leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, Steamboat Springs 14: La Spezia leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, Steamboat Springs 20: La Spezia leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, Steamboat Springs 88: Steamboat Springs leads by 9 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, Steamboat Springs 12: La Spezia leads by 75 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, Steamboat Springs 62: Steamboat Springs leads by 14 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, Steamboat Springs 46: La Spezia leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, Steamboat Springs 22: La Spezia leads by 13 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, Steamboat Springs 17: La Spezia leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia and Steamboat Springs are level on 28.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, Steamboat Springs 70: Steamboat Springs leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Spezia and Steamboat Springs.

Your match

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

La Spezia
Best match
51match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Steamboat Springs
35match

Wins on wellness 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

Steamboat Springs in July

28 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
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.

Steamboat Springs 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). Steamboat Springs: 2011-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Steamboat Springs / Steamboat Ii (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaSteamboat Springs
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation3 m2,052 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsYampa Valley Airport (HDN)33 km from centre17 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaSteamboat Springs
City population92,11913,224
People per km²1,792503
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.