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Pulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon, Bath
BathPulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: Bath by Lucas Carlini, Pexels License.

Bath 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 Bath for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Bath’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. Bath 10, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. Bath 44, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Bath 68, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Bath leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Bath 30, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bath and St. Petersburg, Florida are level on 58.
Day trips. Bath 80, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: Bath leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Bath 50, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Bath 72, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: Bath leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Bath 54, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: Bath leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Bath 27, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bath 44, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: Bath leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bath 78, St. Petersburg, Florida 40: Bath leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bath and St. Petersburg, Florida.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Bath
51match

Wins on getting around and wellness 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.

Bath in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 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

Bath's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Lyneham.

Bath 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bath: 1991-2020 normals, Lyneham (29.2 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

MeasureBathSt. Petersburg, Florida
Official languageEnglish-
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999911
Elevation132 m134 m
Main airportBristol Airport (BRS)25 km from centre117 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBathSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population94,092258,308
People per km²3,245725
Museums within 10 km1713
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone8 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). 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. 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.