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Erasmus Bridge and the skyline, Rotterdam
RotterdamErasmus Bridge and the skyline
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: Rotterdam by Bas Geerlings, Pexels License.

Rotterdam 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 Rotterdam for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • shopping

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

Choose St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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. Rotterdam 27, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Rotterdam and St. Petersburg, Florida are level on 52.
Culture & sights. Rotterdam 58, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Rotterdam leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Rotterdam 52, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: Rotterdam leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Rotterdam 44, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Rotterdam 85, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: Rotterdam leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Rotterdam 66, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Rotterdam 78, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: Rotterdam leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Rotterdam 55, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: Rotterdam leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Rotterdam 38, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: Rotterdam leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Rotterdam 58, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: Rotterdam leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Rotterdam 42, St. Petersburg, Florida 40: Rotterdam leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Rotterdam and St. Petersburg, Florida.

Your match

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

Rotterdam
Best match
55match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

St. Petersburg, Florida
50match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Rotterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
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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Where the figures come from

Rotterdam 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.

Rotterdam's sunshine is measured 52 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Rotterdam: 1993-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Rotterdam Airport Zestienhoven (3.9 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

MeasureRotterdamSt. Petersburg, Florida
Official languageDutch-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m134 m
Main airportRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)5 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureRotterdamSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population664,311258,308
People per km²2,080725
Museums within 10 km4013
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone8 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). 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. 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.