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The Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
MacauThe Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: Macau by tian Jin, Pexels License.

Macau 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 Macau for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Macau 24, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 61 points.
Food & drink. Macau 77, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Macau leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Macau 62, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Macau leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Macau 40, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Macau 5, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 53 points.
Day trips. Macau 52, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Macau 48, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Macau 60, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: Macau leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Macau 58, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: Macau leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Macau 44, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: Macau leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Macau 36, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Macau 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: Macau and St. Petersburg, Florida.

Your match

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

Macau
46match

Wins on getting around and food and drink with your weighting.

St. Petersburg, Florida
Best match
50match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Macau in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
281 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
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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MacauSt. Petersburg, Florida

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 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

MeasureMacauSt. Petersburg, Florida
Official languagePortuguese, Cantonese, Standard Chinese-
CurrencyPataca (MOP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsFGM220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number999911
Elevation22 m134 m
Main airportMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMacauSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population682,100258,308
People per km²5,916725
Museums within 10 km2813
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months8 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). 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. 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.