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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

La Spezia or Tel Aviv?

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

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Tel Aviv’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, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia 58, Tel Aviv 80: Tel Aviv leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, Tel Aviv 57: Tel Aviv leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 54 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, Tel Aviv 52: La Spezia leads by 27 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, Tel Aviv 84: La Spezia leads by 3 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, Tel Aviv 68: Tel Aviv leads by 20 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, Tel Aviv 64: La Spezia leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, Tel Aviv 55: Tel Aviv leads by 20 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, Tel Aviv 14: La Spezia leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, Tel Aviv 35: Tel Aviv leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Spezia and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

La Spezia
51match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Tel Aviv
Best match
62match

Wins on nightlife 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

Tel Aviv in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °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). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaTel Aviv
Official languageItalianHebrew
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 100, fire 102
Elevation3 m5 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaTel Aviv
City population92,119467,875
People per km²1,7928,998
Museums within 10 km1298
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months7 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.