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A cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan, San Juan
San JuanA cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: San Juan by Mohan Nannapaneni, Pexels License.

San Juan 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 San Juan for

  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

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

Choose St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • families
  • day trips
  • beaches

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. San Juan 84, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. San Juan 66, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: San Juan leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. San Juan 64, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: San Juan leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. San Juan 70, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: San Juan leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. San Juan 74, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: San Juan leads by 16 points.
Day trips. San Juan 52, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 3 points.
Good for families. San Juan 58, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 12 points.
Getting around. San Juan 38, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: San Juan leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. San Juan 50, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: San Juan leads by 12 points.
Affordability. San Juan 38, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: San Juan leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. San Juan 55, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: San Juan leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. San Juan and St. Petersburg, Florida are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: San Juan and St. Petersburg, Florida.

Your match

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

San Juan
Best match
57match

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

St. Petersburg, Florida
50match

Wins on families and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

San Juan in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 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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San JuanSt. Petersburg, Florida

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. San Juan: 1991-2020 normals, San Juan / Int., Puerto Rico (12.8 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

MeasureSan JuanSt. Petersburg, Florida
Official languageSpanish, English-
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation3 m134 m
Main airportLuis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU)12 km from centre59 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSan JuanSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population342,259258,308
People per km²2,847725
Museums within 10 km1813
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months8 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). 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. 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.