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The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: Seattle by Caio, Pexels License.

Seattle 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 Seattle for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

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

Choose St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • 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. Seattle 30, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. Seattle 66, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Seattle leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Seattle 50, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Seattle 55, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: Seattle leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Seattle 87, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: Seattle leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Seattle and St. Petersburg, Florida are level on 55.
Good for families. Seattle 64, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Seattle 60, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: Seattle leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Seattle 52, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: Seattle leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Seattle 22, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Seattle 70, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: Seattle leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Seattle 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: Seattle and St. Petersburg, Florida.

Your match

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

Seattle
Best match
54match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts with your weighting.

St. Petersburg, Florida
50match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 °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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SeattleSt. Petersburg, Florida

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 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

MeasureSeattleSt. 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
Elevation40 m134 m
Main airportSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSeattleSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population737,015258,308
People per km²1,996725
Museums within 10 km2713
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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). 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.