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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

La Spezia or Tallinn?

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

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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, Tallinn 28: La Spezia leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia 58, Tallinn 52: La Spezia leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, Tallinn 68: Tallinn leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, Tallinn 44: Tallinn leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, Tallinn 55: La Spezia leads by 24 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, Tallinn 58: La Spezia leads by 29 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, Tallinn 60: Tallinn leads by 12 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, Tallinn 40: Tallinn leads by 5 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, Tallinn 47: La Spezia leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Spezia and Tallinn.

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 beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Tallinn
52match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaTallinn
Official languageItalianEstonian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation3 m28 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaTallinn
City population92,119457,572
People per km²1,7922,871
Museums within 10 km1216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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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.