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Skiers at the Albion base of the ski area, Alta, Utah
Alta, UtahSkiers at the Albion base of the ski area
The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river

Photos: Alta, Utah by Sumanch, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Alta, Utah or Tampa?

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 Alta, Utah for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Alta, Utah’s own page.

Choose Tampa for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Tampa’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. Alta, Utah 3, Tampa 70: Tampa leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Alta, Utah 15, Tampa 57: Tampa leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Alta, Utah 5, Tampa 42: Tampa leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Alta, Utah 4, Tampa 52: Tampa leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alta, Utah 90, Tampa 55: Alta, Utah leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Alta, Utah 40, Tampa 54: Tampa leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Alta, Utah 30, Tampa 78: Tampa leads by 48 points.
Getting around. Alta, Utah 35, Tampa 22: Alta, Utah leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Alta, Utah 4, Tampa 40: Tampa leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Alta, Utah 15, Tampa 40: Tampa leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alta, Utah 3, Tampa 47: Tampa leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alta, Utah 35, Tampa 30: Alta, Utah leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alta, Utah and Tampa.

Your match

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

Alta, Utah
23match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Tampa
Best match
49match

Wins on beaches 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.

Alta, Utah in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Tampa in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °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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Where the figures come from

Alta, Utah has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alta, Utah: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km. Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlta, UtahTampa
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation2,610 m30 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)37 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlta, UtahTampa
City population228384,959
People per km²19848
Museums within 10 km06
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.