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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

Photos: La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License; Vancouver by Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

La Spezia or Vancouver?

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
  • prices
  • beaches

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

Choose Vancouver for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Vancouver’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, Vancouver 42: La Spezia leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia 58, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 18 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, Vancouver 45: La Spezia leads by 42 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 24 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, Vancouver 73: Vancouver leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, Vancouver 55: Vancouver leads by 20 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, Vancouver 27: La Spezia leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, Vancouver 52: Vancouver leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, Vancouver 50: Vancouver leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Spezia and Vancouver.

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 prices with your weighting.

Vancouver
Best match
56match

Wins on families and live music and the arts 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

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 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). Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaVancouver
Official languageItalianFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation3 m2 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaVancouver
City population92,119662,248
People per km²1,7925,759
Museums within 10 km1226
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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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.