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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License.

Izmir 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 Izmir for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • getting around

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

Choose St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • beaches
  • families

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. Izmir 62, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Izmir leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Izmir leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: Izmir leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir 66, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: Izmir leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Izmir 86, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: Izmir leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Izmir 55, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Izmir 63, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: Izmir leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: Izmir leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Izmir 66, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: Izmir leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: Izmir leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, St. Petersburg, Florida 40: Izmir leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Izmir and St. Petersburg, Florida.

Your match

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

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on day trips and prices 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.

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
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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IzmirSt. Petersburg, Florida

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 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

MeasureIzmirSt. Petersburg, Florida
Official languageTurkish-
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation2 m134 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population4,493,242258,308
People per km²4,760725
Museums within 10 km2913
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months8 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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.