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Wat Chiang Man in the old city, Chiang Mai
Chiang MaiWat Chiang Man in the old city
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: Chiang Mai by Gije Cho, Pexels License.

Chiang Mai 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 Chiang Mai for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • food and drink

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

Choose St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • beaches
  • families
  • live music and the arts

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. Chiang Mai 6, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 79 points.
Food & drink. Chiang Mai 78, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Chiang Mai leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Chiang Mai 65, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Chiang Mai leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Chiang Mai 45, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: Chiang Mai leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chiang Mai 73, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: Chiang Mai leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Chiang Mai 48, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Chiang Mai 55, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Chiang Mai 38, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: Chiang Mai leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Chiang Mai 62, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: Chiang Mai leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Chiang Mai 90, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: Chiang Mai leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chiang Mai 30, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chiang Mai 82, St. Petersburg, Florida 40: Chiang Mai leads by 42 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chiang Mai and St. Petersburg, Florida.

Your match

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

Chiang Mai
Best match
56match

Wins on prices 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.

Chiang Mai in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 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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Chiang MaiSt. Petersburg, Florida

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chiang Mai: 1991-2020 normals, Chiang Mai (0.6 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

MeasureChiang MaiSt. Petersburg, Florida
Official languageThai-
CurrencyBaht (THB)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199911
Elevation310 m134 m
Main airportChiang Mai International Airport (CNX)3 km from centre28 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureChiang MaiSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population1,198,000258,308
People per km²2,958725
Museums within 10 km613
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.