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The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse
The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river

Photos: Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Bordeaux 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 Bordeaux for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Tampa for

  • families
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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. Bordeaux 50, Tampa 70: Tampa leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Bordeaux 78, Tampa 57: Bordeaux leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Bordeaux 68, Tampa 42: Bordeaux leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Bordeaux 50, Tampa 52: Tampa leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bordeaux 58, Tampa 55: Bordeaux leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Bordeaux 78, Tampa 54: Bordeaux leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Bordeaux 57, Tampa 78: Tampa leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Bordeaux 76, Tampa 22: Bordeaux leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Bordeaux 56, Tampa 40: Bordeaux leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Bordeaux 42, Tampa 40: Bordeaux leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bordeaux 55, Tampa 47: Bordeaux leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bordeaux 40, Tampa 30: Bordeaux leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bordeaux and Tampa.

Your match

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

Bordeaux
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tampa
49match

Wins on families and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Bordeaux in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre). Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBordeauxTampa
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
Elevation1 m30 m
Main airportBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinationsTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBordeauxTampa
City population267,991384,959
People per km²5,425848
Museums within 10 km186
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.