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The pink Don CeSar hotel seen from the beach, St. Pete Beach
St. Pete BeachThe pink Don CeSar hotel seen from the beach
Skiers in front of the big timber lodge at the resort, Winter Park, Colorado
Winter Park, ColoradoSkiers in front of the big timber lodge at the resort

Photos: St. Pete Beach by Jeffrey Eisen, Pexels License; Winter Park, Colorado by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

St. Pete Beach or Winter Park, Colorado?

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 St. Pete Beach for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on St. Pete Beach’s own page.

Choose Winter Park, Colorado for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Winter Park, Colorado’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. St. Pete Beach 87, Winter Park, Colorado 5: St. Pete Beach leads by 82 points.
Food & drink. St. Pete Beach 40, Winter Park, Colorado 24: St. Pete Beach leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. St. Pete Beach 18, Winter Park, Colorado 6: St. Pete Beach leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. St. Pete Beach 28, Winter Park, Colorado 15: St. Pete Beach leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. St. Pete Beach 57, Winter Park, Colorado 88: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 31 points.
Day trips. St. Pete Beach 58, Winter Park, Colorado 38: St. Pete Beach leads by 20 points.
Good for families. St. Pete Beach 72, Winter Park, Colorado 62: St. Pete Beach leads by 10 points.
Getting around. St. Pete Beach 30, Winter Park, Colorado 42: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. St. Pete Beach 20, Winter Park, Colorado 12: St. Pete Beach leads by 8 points.
Affordability. St. Pete Beach 32, Winter Park, Colorado 25: St. Pete Beach leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. St. Pete Beach 20, Winter Park, Colorado 12: St. Pete Beach leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. St. Pete Beach 42, Winter Park, Colorado 46: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: St. Pete Beach and Winter Park, Colorado.

Your match

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

St. Pete Beach
Best match
42match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Winter Park, Colorado
31match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

St. Pete Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
185 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Winter Park, Colorado in July

21 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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St. Pete BeachWinter Park, Colorado

Where the figures come from

St. Pete Beach 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.

St. Pete Beach's sunshine is measured 34 km from the centre, at Tampa International Airport.

Winter Park, Colorado's temperatures are measured 90 km from the centre, at Leadville / Stringtown.

Winter Park, Colorado's station stands 269 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Winter Park, Colorado 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. St. Pete Beach: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Saint Petersburg (12.2 km from centre). Winter Park, Colorado: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (89.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSt. Pete BeachWinter Park, Colorado
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation2 m2,759 m
Main airportSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)21 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)95 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSt. Pete BeachWinter Park, Colorado
City population8,8791,033
People per km²17324
Museums within 10 km20
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.