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Florence and the Arno, Florence
FlorenceFlorence and the Arno
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: Florence by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License.

Florence 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 Florence for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • beaches
  • families
  • 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. Florence 14, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 71 points.
Food & drink. Florence 74, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Florence leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Florence 94, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Florence leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Florence 42, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florence and St. Petersburg, Florida are level on 58.
Day trips. Florence 98, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: Florence leads by 43 points.
Good for families. Florence 45, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Florence 78, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: Florence leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Florence 72, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: Florence leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Florence and St. Petersburg, Florida are level on 35.
Live music & performing arts. Florence 58, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: Florence leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florence 42, St. Petersburg, Florida 40: Florence leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florence and St. Petersburg, Florida.

Your match

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

Florence
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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.

Florence in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
37 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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Where the figures come from

Florence 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.

Florence's sunshine is measured 71 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florence: 1995-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Firenze / Peretola (5.6 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

MeasureFlorenceSt. Petersburg, Florida
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation50 m134 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorenceSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population360,930258,308
People per km²3,528725
Museums within 10 km14113
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.