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Swayambhunath with its prayer flags, Kathmandu
KathmanduSwayambhunath with its prayer flags
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: Kathmandu by Nabin K. Sapkota, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Kathmandu 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 Kathmandu for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Kathmandu’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. Kathmandu 4, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 81 points.
Food & drink. Kathmandu 55, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Kathmandu leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Kathmandu 82, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Kathmandu leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Kathmandu 36, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kathmandu 70, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: Kathmandu leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Kathmandu 56, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: Kathmandu leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Kathmandu 20, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 50 points.
Getting around. Kathmandu 25, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Kathmandu 55, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: Kathmandu leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Kathmandu 97, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: Kathmandu leads by 62 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kathmandu 28, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kathmandu 45, St. Petersburg, Florida 40: Kathmandu leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kathmandu 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, 2 points apart

Kathmandu
48match

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.

Kathmandu in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
384 mmrain in the month
4 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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KathmanduSt. Petersburg, Florida

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Kathmandu: 1991-2020 normals, Kathmandu Airport (4.7 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

MeasureKathmanduSt. Petersburg, Florida
Official languageNepali-
CurrencyNepalese Rupee (NPR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:45UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 100, ambulance 102, fire 101911
Elevation1,300 m134 m
Main airportTribhuvan International Airport (KTM)4 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureKathmanduSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population845,767258,308
People per km²17,121725
Museums within 10 km913
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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). 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). 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.