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Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Luang Prabang 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 Luang Prabang for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • getting around

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

Choose St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • 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. Luang Prabang 14, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 71 points.
Food & drink. Luang Prabang 42, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Luang Prabang 65, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Luang Prabang leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Luang Prabang 8, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luang Prabang 68, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: Luang Prabang leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Luang Prabang 35, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Luang Prabang 38, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Luang Prabang 50, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: Luang Prabang leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Luang Prabang and St. Petersburg, Florida are level on 38.
Affordability. Luang Prabang 80, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: Luang Prabang leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luang Prabang 18, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luang Prabang 60, St. Petersburg, Florida 40: Luang Prabang leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luang Prabang and St. Petersburg, Florida.

Your match

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

Luang Prabang
43match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

St. Petersburg, Florida
Best match
50match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Luang Prabang in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
250 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 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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Luang PrabangSt. Petersburg, Florida

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 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

MeasureLuang PrabangSt. Petersburg, Florida
Official languageLao-
CurrencyLao Kip (LAK)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABCEF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 195, fire 190911
Elevation305 m134 m
Main airportLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuang PrabangSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population53,792258,308
People per km²-725
Museums within 10 km013
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.