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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

La Spezia or Valletta?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Valletta for

  • culture and sights
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Valletta’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, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia 58, Valletta 55: La Spezia leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, Valletta 46: Valletta leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, Valletta 56: La Spezia leads by 23 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, Valletta 76: La Spezia leads by 11 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, Valletta 58: Valletta leads by 10 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, Valletta 62: La Spezia leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, Valletta 38: Valletta leads by 3 points.
Affordability. La Spezia and Valletta are level on 50.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, Valletta 44: Valletta leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia and Valletta are level on 32.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Spezia and Valletta.

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.

Valletta
Best match
55match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Valletta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °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). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaValletta
Official languageItalianEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation3 m56 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaValletta
City population92,1195,197
People per km²1,7926,496
Museums within 10 km1216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months6 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.