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Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Seville 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 Seville for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Seville 18, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Seville 73, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Seville leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Seville 82, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Seville leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Seville 62, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: Seville leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Seville 52, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Seville 80, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: Seville leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Seville 55, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Seville 72, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: Seville leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Seville 55, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: Seville leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Seville 58, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: Seville leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Seville 68, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: Seville leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Seville 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: Seville and St. Petersburg, Florida.

Your match

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

Seville
Best match
60match

Wins on getting around 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.

Seville in July

36 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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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SevilleSt. Petersburg, Florida

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 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

MeasureSevilleSt. Petersburg, Florida
Official languageSpanish-
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
Elevation18 m134 m
Main airportSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSevilleSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population689,423258,308
People per km²4,896725
Museums within 10 km2413
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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.