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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

Photos: La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License; Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

La Spezia or Toledo?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

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

Choose Toledo for

  • culture and sights
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Toledo’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, Toledo 5: La Spezia leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia 58, Toledo 40: La Spezia leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, Toledo 79: Toledo leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, Toledo 22: La Spezia leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, Toledo 40: La Spezia leads by 39 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, Toledo 78: La Spezia leads by 9 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, Toledo 45: La Spezia leads by 3 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, Toledo 64: La Spezia leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, Toledo 32: La Spezia leads by 3 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, Toledo 58: Toledo leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, Toledo 22: La Spezia leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, Toledo 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 Toledo.

Your match

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

La Spezia
Best match
51match

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

Toledo
43match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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

Toledo in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
6 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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). Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaToledo
Official languageItalianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation3 m523 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaToledo
City population92,11987,216
People per km²1,792376
Museums within 10 km1213
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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. 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.