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The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro
The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river

Photos: Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Paris 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 Paris for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tampa for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Paris 9, Tampa 70: Tampa leads by 61 points.
Food & drink. Paris 96, Tampa 57: Paris leads by 39 points.
Culture & sights. Paris 97, Tampa 42: Paris leads by 55 points.
Nightlife. Paris 80, Tampa 52: Paris leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Paris 52, Tampa 55: Tampa leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Paris 92, Tampa 54: Paris leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Paris 79, Tampa 78: Paris leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Paris 88, Tampa 22: Paris leads by 66 points.
Shopping & style. Paris 98, Tampa 40: Paris leads by 58 points.
Affordability. Paris 25, Tampa 40: Tampa leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Paris 88, Tampa 47: Paris leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Paris 40, Tampa 30: Paris leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Paris and Tampa.

Your match

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

Paris
Best match
70match

Wins on getting around and shopping with your weighting.

Tampa
49match

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.

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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. Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre). Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureParisTampa
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation27 m30 m
Main airportCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinationsTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureParisTampa
City population2,103,778384,959
People per km²19,960848
Museums within 10 km2516
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 months

Where else could you go?

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.