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Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Portland 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 Portland for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

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

Choose St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • beaches
  • families
  • 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. Portland 20, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 65 points.
Food & drink. Portland 68, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Portland leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Portland 38, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Portland 52, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: Portland leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Portland 84, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: Portland leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Portland 58, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: Portland leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Portland 55, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Portland 62, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: Portland leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Portland 52, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: Portland leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Portland 38, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: Portland leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Portland 55, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: Portland leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Portland 42, St. Petersburg, Florida 40: Portland leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Portland 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, 2 points apart

Portland
52match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors 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.

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
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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PortlandSt. Petersburg, Florida

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 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

MeasurePortlandSt. Petersburg, Florida
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation152 m134 m
Main airportPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortlandSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population652,503258,308
People per km²1,736725
Museums within 10 km1713
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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.