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The white medina above the harbour walls, Essaouira
EssaouiraThe white medina above the harbour walls
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: Essaouira by Manel Cusido, Pexels License.

Essaouira 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 Essaouira for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • getting around

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

Choose St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • nightlife

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. Essaouira 47, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Essaouira 44, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Essaouira 48, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Essaouira 14, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Essaouira 57, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Essaouira 17, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Essaouira 42, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Essaouira 58, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: Essaouira leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Essaouira 44, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: Essaouira leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Essaouira 74, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: Essaouira leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Essaouira 28, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Essaouira 66, St. Petersburg, Florida 40: Essaouira leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Essaouira and St. Petersburg, Florida.

Your match

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Essaouira
45match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

St. Petersburg, Florida
Best match
50match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Essaouira in July

22 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
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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Where the figures come from

Essaouira has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Essaouira: 1991-2020 normals, Essaouira (1.4 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

MeasureEssaouiraSt. Petersburg, Florida
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight-
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15911
Elevation11 m134 m
Main airportEssaouira-Mogador Airport (ESU)15 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureEssaouiraSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population82,962258,308
People per km²16,592725
Museums within 10 km213
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone8 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). 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.