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Cliff-top hotels above the harbour, Sorrento
SorrentoCliff-top hotels above the harbour
The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river

Photos: Sorrento by Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Sorrento 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 Sorrento for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tampa for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • 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. Sorrento 60, Tampa 70: Tampa leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Sorrento 60, Tampa 57: Sorrento leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Sorrento 32, Tampa 42: Tampa leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Sorrento 28, Tampa 52: Tampa leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sorrento 80, Tampa 55: Sorrento leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Sorrento 95, Tampa 54: Sorrento leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Sorrento 42, Tampa 78: Tampa leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Sorrento 58, Tampa 22: Sorrento leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Sorrento 38, Tampa 40: Tampa leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Sorrento 32, Tampa 40: Tampa leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sorrento 20, Tampa 47: Tampa leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sorrento 48, Tampa 30: Sorrento leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sorrento and Tampa.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Sorrento
49match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Tampa
49match

Wins on families and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Sorrento in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
21 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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

Sorrento 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.

Sorrento's sunshine is measured 54 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sorrento: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Capri (17 km from centre). Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSorrentoTampa
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation50 m30 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)30 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSorrentoTampa
City population15,407384,959
People per km²1,541848
Museums within 10 km66
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). 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. 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.