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The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Las Vegas 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 Las Vegas for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

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

Choose St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

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. Las Vegas 10, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. Las Vegas 68, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Las Vegas leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Las Vegas 25, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Las Vegas 88, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: Las Vegas leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Las Vegas 68, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: Las Vegas leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Las Vegas 25, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Las Vegas 25, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 45 points.
Getting around. Las Vegas 38, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: Las Vegas leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Las Vegas 64, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: Las Vegas leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Las Vegas and St. Petersburg, Florida are level on 35.
Live music & performing arts. Las Vegas 78, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: Las Vegas leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Las Vegas and St. Petersburg, Florida are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Las Vegas and St. Petersburg, Florida.

Your match

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

Las Vegas
47match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

St. Petersburg, Florida
Best match
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.

Las Vegas in July

40 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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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Las VegasSt. Petersburg, Florida

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 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

MeasureLas VegasSt. Petersburg, Florida
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation610 m134 m
Main airportHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLas VegasSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population641,903258,308
People per km²1,843725
Museums within 10 km2113
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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.