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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

La Spezia or Tangier?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Tangier for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Tangier’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, Tangier 50: La Spezia leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia and Tangier are level on 58.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, Tangier 57: Tangier leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, Tangier 30: Tangier leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, Tangier 55: La Spezia leads by 24 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, Tangier 72: La Spezia leads by 15 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, Tangier 35: La Spezia leads by 13 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, Tangier 40: La Spezia leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, Tangier 42: Tangier leads by 7 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia and Tangier are level on 28.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, Tangier 50: Tangier 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 Tangier.

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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Tangier
49match

Wins on prices and wellness 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

Tangier in July

29 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
22 °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). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaTangier
Official languageItalianArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation3 m56 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaTangier
City population92,1191,275,428
People per km²1,7926,393
Museums within 10 km126
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months3 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.