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A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License.

Lisbon 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 Lisbon for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • day trips

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

Choose St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • beaches
  • families
  • wellness

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. Lisbon 50, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Lisbon 75, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Lisbon leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Lisbon 78, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Lisbon leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Lisbon 75, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: Lisbon leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lisbon 75, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: Lisbon leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Lisbon 82, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: Lisbon leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Lisbon 62, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Lisbon 66, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: Lisbon leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Lisbon 60, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: Lisbon leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Lisbon 55, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: Lisbon leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lisbon 60, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: Lisbon leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lisbon 36, St. Petersburg, Florida 40: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lisbon and St. Petersburg, Florida.

Your match

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

Lisbon
Best match
65match

Wins on getting around and nightlife 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.

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °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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LisbonSt. Petersburg, Florida

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 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

MeasureLisbonSt. Petersburg, Florida
Official languagePortuguese-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation100 m134 m
Main airportLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLisbonSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population545,796258,308
People per km²5,453725
Museums within 10 km8013
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
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). 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. 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.