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The Warrior on a Horse, Macedonia Square, Skopje
SkopjeThe Warrior on a Horse, Macedonia Square
The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river

Photos: Skopje by George M. Groutas, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Skopje or Tampa?

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 Skopje for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tampa for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tampa’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. Skopje 6, Tampa 70: Tampa leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Skopje 52, Tampa 57: Tampa leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Skopje 56, Tampa 42: Skopje leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Skopje 42, Tampa 52: Tampa leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Skopje 70, Tampa 55: Skopje leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Skopje 56, Tampa 54: Skopje leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Skopje 35, Tampa 78: Tampa leads by 43 points.
Getting around. Skopje 45, Tampa 22: Skopje leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Skopje and Tampa are level on 40.
Affordability. Skopje 80, Tampa 40: Skopje leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Skopje 38, Tampa 47: Tampa leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Skopje 27, Tampa 30: Tampa leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Skopje and Tampa.

Your match

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

Skopje
46match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

Tampa
Best match
49match

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.

Skopje in July

32 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Tampa in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °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

Skopje 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.

Skopje's sunshine is measured 68 km from the centre, at Stip.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Skopje: 1991-2020 (sunshine 1961-1990) normals, Skopje-Petrovec (18.3 km from centre). Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSkopjeTampa
Official languageAlbanian, Macedonian-
CurrencyDenar (MKD)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
Elevation251 m30 m
Main airportSkopje International Airport (SKP)16 km from centre52 non-stop destinationsTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSkopjeTampa
City population422,540384,959
People per km²739848
Museums within 10 km176
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.