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Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Maastricht 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 Maastricht for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • shopping

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

Choose St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

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. Maastricht 8, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 77 points.
Food & drink. Maastricht 58, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Maastricht leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Maastricht 60, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Maastricht leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Maastricht 42, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Maastricht and St. Petersburg, Florida are level on 58.
Day trips. Maastricht 77, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: Maastricht leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Maastricht 55, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Maastricht 74, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: Maastricht leads by 41 points.
Shopping & style. Maastricht 60, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: Maastricht leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Maastricht 38, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: Maastricht leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Maastricht 40, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Maastricht 52, St. Petersburg, Florida 40: Maastricht leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Maastricht 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

Maastricht
52match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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.

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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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MaastrichtSt. Petersburg, Florida

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 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

MeasureMaastrichtSt. Petersburg, Florida
Official languageDutch-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation49 m134 m
Main airportMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMaastrichtSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population120,227258,308
People per km²2,000725
Museums within 10 km2113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.