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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
Mountain Village under snow, seen from the gondola, Telluride
TellurideMountain Village under snow, seen from the gondola

Photos: La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License; Telluride by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

La Spezia or Telluride?

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
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Telluride for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Telluride’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, Telluride 5: La Spezia leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia 58, Telluride 38: La Spezia leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, Telluride 20: La Spezia leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, Telluride 20: La Spezia leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, Telluride 93: Telluride leads by 14 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, Telluride 30: La Spezia leads by 57 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, Telluride 45: La Spezia leads by 3 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, Telluride 66: La Spezia leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, Telluride 25: La Spezia leads by 10 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, Telluride 7: La Spezia leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, Telluride 35: Telluride leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, Telluride 45: Telluride leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Spezia and Telluride.

Your match

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

La Spezia
Best match
51match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Telluride
36match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Telluride in July

23 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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La SpeziaTelluride

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.

Telluride 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). Telluride: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Telluride / Lime (8.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaTelluride
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation3 m2,667 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsMontrose Regional Airport (MTJ)64 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaTelluride
City population92,1192,607
People per km²1,7921,372
Museums within 10 km120
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.