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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Avignon 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 Avignon for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

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. Avignon 22, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Avignon leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Avignon leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: Avignon leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: Avignon leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: Avignon leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon and St. Petersburg, Florida are level on 38.
Affordability. Avignon 44, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: Avignon leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: Avignon leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, St. Petersburg, Florida 40: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and St. Petersburg, Florida.

Your match

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

Avignon
Best match
53match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

St. Petersburg, Florida
50match

Wins on beaches 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.

Avignon in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
24 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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Where the figures come from

Avignon 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.

Avignon's sunshine is measured 65 km from the centre, at Marseille / Marignane.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Avignon: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Avignon / Morières-lès-Avignon (8.6 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

MeasureAvignonSt. Petersburg, Florida
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m134 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population92,188258,308
People per km²1,420725
Museums within 10 km1113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km60
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.