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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License.

Alicante or St. Petersburg, Florida?

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 Alicante for

  • getting around
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose St. Petersburg, Florida for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on St. Petersburg, Florida’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. Alicante 82, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Alicante leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: Alicante leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: Alicante leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: Alicante leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: Alicante leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: Alicante leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: Alicante leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante and St. Petersburg, Florida are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and St. Petersburg, Florida.

Your match

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

Alicante
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around and prices with your weighting.

St. Petersburg, Florida
50match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Alicante in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

St. Petersburg, Florida in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AlicanteSt. Petersburg, Florida

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). St. Petersburg, Florida: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Saint Petersburg (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteSt. Petersburg, Florida
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation3 m134 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population366,221258,308
People per km²1,819725
Museums within 10 km813
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months8 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. 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.