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Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Quebec City 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 Quebec City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

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. Quebec City 18, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Quebec City 57, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Quebec City leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Quebec City 70, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Quebec City leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Quebec City 42, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Quebec City 79, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: Quebec City leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Quebec City 58, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: Quebec City leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Quebec City 64, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Quebec City 50, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: Quebec City leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Quebec City 45, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: Quebec City leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Quebec City 45, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: Quebec City leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Quebec City 52, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: Quebec City leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Quebec City 55, St. Petersburg, Florida 40: Quebec City leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Quebec City and St. Petersburg, Florida.

Your match

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

Quebec City
Best match
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and culture and sights 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.

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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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Quebec CitySt. Petersburg, Florida

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 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

MeasureQuebec CitySt. Petersburg, Florida
Official languageFrench, English-
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)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
Elevation98 m134 m
Main airportQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureQuebec CitySt. Petersburg, Florida
City population574,482258,308
People per km²1,184725
Museums within 10 km1613
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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.