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Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

La Spezia or Wellington?

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 Wellington for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: La Spezia leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. La Spezia 58, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. La Spezia 40, Wellington 44: Wellington leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. La Spezia 28, Wellington 45: Wellington leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Spezia 79, Wellington 78: La Spezia leads by 1 points.
Day trips. La Spezia 87, Wellington 40: La Spezia leads by 47 points.
Good for families. La Spezia 48, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 14 points.
Getting around. La Spezia 70, Wellington 68: La Spezia leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. La Spezia 35, Wellington 42: Wellington leads by 7 points.
Affordability. La Spezia 50, Wellington 33: La Spezia leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Spezia 28, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Spezia 32, Wellington 30: La Spezia leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Spezia and Wellington.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

La Spezia
51match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Wellington
49match

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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 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.

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. La Spezia: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (64.8 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa SpeziaWellington
Official languageItalianEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation3 m0 m
Main airportPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa SpeziaWellington
City population92,119216,200
People per km²1,792487
Museums within 10 km1212
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.