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The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bilbao 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 Bilbao for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • day trips

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

Choose St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • beaches
  • families
  • wellness

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. Bilbao 45, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Bilbao 81, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Bilbao leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Bilbao 62, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Bilbao leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Bilbao 54, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: Bilbao leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bilbao 75, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: Bilbao leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Bilbao 78, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: Bilbao leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Bilbao 55, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Bilbao 79, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: Bilbao leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Bilbao 47, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: Bilbao leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Bilbao 44, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: Bilbao leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bilbao 53, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: Bilbao leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bilbao 33, St. Petersburg, Florida 40: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bilbao and St. Petersburg, Florida.

Your match

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

Bilbao
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around and food and drink 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.

Bilbao in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
21 °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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BilbaoSt. Petersburg, Florida

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 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

MeasureBilbaoSt. 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
Elevation19 m134 m
Main airportBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBilbaoSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population351,124258,308
People per km²8,440725
Museums within 10 km1713
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month8 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.