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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
The Opera House from the water, Sydney
SydneyThe Opera House from the water

Photos: La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License; Sydney by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

La Spezia or Sydney?

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

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

Choose Sydney for

  • live music and the arts
  • beaches
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Sydney’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, Sydney 95: Sydney leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia 58, Sydney 77: Sydney leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, Sydney 60: Sydney leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, Sydney 60: Sydney leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, Sydney 85: Sydney leads by 6 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, Sydney 50: La Spezia leads by 37 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, Sydney 75: Sydney leads by 27 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, Sydney 75: Sydney leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, Sydney 68: Sydney leads by 33 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, Sydney 22: La Spezia leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, Sydney 73: Sydney leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, Sydney 55: Sydney leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Spezia and Sydney.

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.

Sydney
Best match
66match

Wins on live music and the arts and beaches 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

Sydney in July

18 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
10 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). Sydney: 1991-2020 normals, Sydney Airport (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaSydney
Official languageItalianEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number112000
Elevation3 m6 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsSydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD)9 km from centre99 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaSydney
City population92,1195,450,496
People per km²1,792449
Museums within 10 km1238
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.