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The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Nairobi 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 Nairobi for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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. Nairobi 4, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 81 points.
Food & drink. Nairobi 48, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Nairobi 35, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Nairobi 58, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: Nairobi leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nairobi 84, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: Nairobi leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Nairobi 28, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Nairobi 55, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Nairobi 20, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Nairobi 45, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: Nairobi leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Nairobi 60, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: Nairobi leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nairobi 35, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nairobi 25, St. Petersburg, Florida 40: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nairobi and St. Petersburg, Florida.

Your match

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

Nairobi
41match

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

St. Petersburg, Florida
Best match
50match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 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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NairobiSt. Petersburg, Florida

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 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

MeasureNairobiSt. Petersburg, Florida
Official languageEnglish, Swahili-
CurrencyKenyan Shilling (KES)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999911
Elevation1,661 m134 m
Main airportJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureNairobiSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population5,545,000258,308
People per km²7,967725
Museums within 10 km413
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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). 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.