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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

La Spezia or Toronto?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose Toronto for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: La Spezia leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia 58, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, Toronto 52: La Spezia leads by 27 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, Toronto 50: La Spezia leads by 37 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 26 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, Toronto 65: La Spezia leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 31 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, Toronto 34: La Spezia leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, Toronto 33: Toronto leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Spezia and Toronto.

Your match

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

La Spezia
51match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Toronto
Best match
55match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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La SpeziaToronto

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). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaToronto
Official languageItalianFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation3 m76 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaToronto
City population92,1192,794,356
People per km²1,7924,434
Museums within 10 km1232
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months1 month

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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.