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The Dzhumaya Mosque, Plovdiv
PlovdivThe Dzhumaya Mosque
The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river

Photos: Plovdiv by Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Plovdiv 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 Plovdiv for

  • getting around
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tampa for

  • beaches
  • 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. Plovdiv 7, Tampa 70: Tampa leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Plovdiv 50, Tampa 57: Tampa leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Plovdiv 66, Tampa 42: Plovdiv leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Plovdiv 42, Tampa 52: Tampa leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Plovdiv 68, Tampa 55: Plovdiv leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Plovdiv 70, Tampa 54: Plovdiv leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Plovdiv 40, Tampa 78: Tampa leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Plovdiv 65, Tampa 22: Plovdiv leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Plovdiv 33, Tampa 40: Tampa leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Plovdiv 78, Tampa 40: Plovdiv leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Plovdiv 42, Tampa 47: Tampa leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Plovdiv 44, Tampa 30: Plovdiv leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Plovdiv and Tampa.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Plovdiv
50match

Wins on getting around and prices with your weighting.

Tampa
49match

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.

Plovdiv in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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Where the figures come from

Plovdiv has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Plovdiv's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Kurdjali.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Plovdiv: 1997-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Plovdiv (1.2 km from centre). Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePlovdivTampa
Official languageBulgarian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation172 m30 m
Main airportPlovdiv International Airport (PDV)12 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePlovdivTampa
City population333,994384,959
People per km²3,274848
Museums within 10 km186
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). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.