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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river

Photos: La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License; Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

La Spezia or Tampa?

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 Tampa for

  • families
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Tampa’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, Tampa 70: Tampa leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia 58, Tampa 57: La Spezia leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, Tampa 42: Tampa leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, Tampa 52: Tampa leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, Tampa 55: La Spezia leads by 24 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, Tampa 54: La Spezia leads by 33 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, Tampa 78: Tampa leads by 30 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, Tampa 22: La Spezia leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, Tampa 40: Tampa leads by 5 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, Tampa 40: La Spezia leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, Tampa 47: Tampa leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, Tampa 30: La Spezia leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Spezia and Tampa.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

La Spezia
51match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Tampa
49match

Wins on families 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

Tampa in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °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). Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaTampa
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 m30 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaTampa
City population92,119384,959
People per km²1,792848
Museums within 10 km126
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.