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Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan, New York
New YorkBrooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: New York by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

New York 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 New York for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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. New York 50, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. New York 92, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: New York leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. New York 89, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: New York leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. New York 97, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: New York leads by 53 points.
Nature & outdoors. New York 55, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 3 points.
Day trips. New York 68, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: New York leads by 13 points.
Good for families. New York and St. Petersburg, Florida are level on 70.
Getting around. New York 82, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: New York leads by 49 points.
Shopping & style. New York 97, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: New York leads by 59 points.
Affordability. New York 12, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. New York 99, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: New York leads by 57 points.
Wellness & relaxation. New York 42, St. Petersburg, Florida 40: New York leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: New York and St. Petersburg, Florida.

Your match

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

New York
Best match
71match

Wins on shopping and live music and the arts with your weighting.

St. Petersburg, Florida
50match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

New York in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
107 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
22 °Csea
15 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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New YorkSt. Petersburg, Florida

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. New York: 1991-2020 normals, LaGuardia Airport (12.9 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

MeasureNew YorkSt. Petersburg, Florida
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation25 m134 m
Main airportJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)21 km from centre189 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureNew YorkSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population8,804,190258,308
People per km²7,256725
Museums within 10 km15713
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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.