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The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo
The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river

Photos: Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Monaco or Tampa?

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 Monaco for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Tampa for

  • prices
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tampa’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. Monaco 68, Tampa 70: Tampa leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Monaco and Tampa are level on 57.
Culture & sights. Monaco 55, Tampa 42: Monaco leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Monaco 48, Tampa 52: Tampa leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Monaco 70, Tampa 55: Monaco leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Monaco 84, Tampa 54: Monaco leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Monaco 60, Tampa 78: Tampa leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Monaco 78, Tampa 22: Monaco leads by 56 points.
Shopping & style. Monaco 52, Tampa 40: Monaco leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Monaco 3, Tampa 40: Tampa leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Monaco 63, Tampa 47: Monaco leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Monaco 55, Tampa 30: Monaco leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Monaco and Tampa.

Your match

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

Monaco
Best match
58match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Tampa
49match

Wins on prices 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.

Monaco in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Tampa in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre). Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMonacoTampa
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCEF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation68 m30 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMonacoTampa
City population38,857384,959
People per km²18,503848
Museums within 10 km146
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months8 months

Where else could you go?

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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). 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. Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. 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.