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Ca' d'Zan, the Ringling mansion on Sarasota Bay, Sarasota
SarasotaCa' d'Zan, the Ringling mansion on Sarasota Bay
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Sarasota by Oleg Yunakov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Sarasota or Tokyo?

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 Sarasota for

  • beaches

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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. Sarasota 86, Tokyo 40: Sarasota leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Sarasota 44, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 54 points.
Culture & sights. Sarasota 45, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Sarasota 28, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 58 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sarasota 55, Tokyo 68: Tokyo leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Sarasota 50, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Sarasota 68, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Sarasota 28, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 70 points.
Shopping & style. Sarasota 40, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 59 points.
Affordability. Sarasota 30, Tokyo 48: Tokyo leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sarasota 58, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sarasota 45, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sarasota and Tokyo.

Your match

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

Sarasota
48match

Wins on beaches with your weighting.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on getting around and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Sarasota in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
195 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °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

Sarasota 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.

Sarasota's sunshine is measured 70 km from the centre, at Tampa International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sarasota: 2006-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sarasota / Ballentine Manor (6.7 km from centre). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSarasotaTokyo
Official language-Japanese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation7 m6 m
Main airportSarasota Bradenton International Airport (SRQ)7 km from centre70 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureSarasotaTokyo
City population54,84214,264,798
People per km²8406,501
Museums within 10 km3192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months4 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.