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The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Mumbai 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 Mumbai for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Mumbai’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. Mumbai 18, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Mumbai 82, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Mumbai leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Mumbai 70, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Mumbai leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Mumbai 52, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: Mumbai leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mumbai 55, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Mumbai 48, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Mumbai 35, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Mumbai 38, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: Mumbai leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Mumbai 66, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: Mumbai leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Mumbai 72, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: Mumbai leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mumbai 55, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: Mumbai leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mumbai 24, St. Petersburg, Florida 40: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mumbai 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, 1 point apart

Mumbai
51match

Wins on prices and food and drink 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.

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 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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MumbaiSt. Petersburg, Florida

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 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

MeasureMumbaiSt. Petersburg, Florida
Official languageHindi, English-
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation14 m134 m
Main airportChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMumbaiSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population15,414,288258,308
People per km²25,563725
Museums within 10 km113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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). 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.