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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

La Spezia or Valencia?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Valencia for

  • nightlife
  • culture and sights
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Valencia’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, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia 58, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, Valencia 68: Valencia leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, Valencia 60: La Spezia leads by 19 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, Valencia 70: La Spezia leads by 17 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 27 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 22 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, Valencia 55: Valencia leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, Valencia 42: Valencia leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Spezia and Valencia.

Your match

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

La Spezia
51match

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

Valencia
Best match
65match

Wins on nightlife and culture and sights 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

Valencia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaValencia
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 m15 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaValencia
City population92,119840,792
People per km²1,7926,242
Museums within 10 km1245
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months5 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.