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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

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

La Spezia or Victoria?

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
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Victoria for

  • wellness
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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, Victoria 28: La Spezia leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia 58, Victoria 50: La Spezia leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, Victoria 42: Victoria leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, Victoria 30: Victoria leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, Victoria 77: La Spezia leads by 2 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, Victoria 54: La Spezia leads by 33 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, Victoria 62: Victoria leads by 14 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, Victoria 60: La Spezia leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, Victoria 40: Victoria leads by 5 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, Victoria 34: La Spezia leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, Victoria 40: Victoria leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, Victoria 48: Victoria leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Spezia and Victoria.

Your match

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

La Spezia
Best match
51match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Victoria
47match

Wins on wellness and families 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

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °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.

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. La Spezia: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (64.8 km from centre). Victoria: 1991-2020 normals, Victoria Gonzales CS (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaVictoria
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 m23 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaVictoria
City population92,11991,867
People per km²1,7924,711
Museums within 10 km126
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.