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The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Cairo 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 Cairo for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Cairo 10, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. Cairo 60, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Cairo leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Cairo 96, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Cairo leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Cairo 48, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: Cairo leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cairo 30, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Cairo 66, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: Cairo leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Cairo 32, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Cairo 35, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: Cairo leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Cairo 58, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: Cairo leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Cairo 95, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: Cairo leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cairo 50, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: Cairo leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cairo 15, St. Petersburg, Florida 40: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cairo 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, level with your weighting

Cairo
50match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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.

Cairo in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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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CairoSt. Petersburg, Florida

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cairo: 1991-2020 normals, Helwan (21.9 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

MeasureCairoSt. Petersburg, Florida
Official languageArabic-
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation23 m134 m
Main airportCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCairoSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population9,801,536258,308
People per km²18,564725
Museums within 10 km4813
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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). 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.