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Titanic Belfast, Belfast
BelfastTitanic Belfast
The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river

Photos: Belfast by Nico Kaiser, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Belfast 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 Belfast for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tampa for

  • beaches
  • families
  • food and drink

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. Belfast 20, Tampa 70: Tampa leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Belfast 50, Tampa 57: Tampa leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Belfast 55, Tampa 42: Belfast leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Belfast 50, Tampa 52: Tampa leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belfast 74, Tampa 55: Belfast leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Belfast 66, Tampa 54: Belfast leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Belfast 58, Tampa 78: Tampa leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Belfast 62, Tampa 22: Belfast leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Belfast 45, Tampa 40: Belfast leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Belfast 48, Tampa 40: Belfast leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belfast 55, Tampa 47: Belfast leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belfast 25, Tampa 30: Tampa leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belfast and Tampa.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Belfast
51match

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

Tampa
49match

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.

Belfast in July

19 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
74 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
17 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belfast: 1991-2020 normals, Belfast / Aldergrove Airport (19.4 km from centre). Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelfastTampa
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
Elevation3 m30 m
Main airportGeorge Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)4 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelfastTampa
City population345,006384,959
People per km²3,000848
Museums within 10 km86
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone8 months

Where else could you go?

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.