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St. Petersburg, Florida
Neues Schloss with magnolias in bloom, Stuttgart
StuttgartNeues Schloss with magnolias in bloom

Photos: Stuttgart by Baden de, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

St. Petersburg, Florida or Stuttgart?

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. Petersburg, Florida for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on St. Petersburg, Florida’s own page.

Choose Stuttgart for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Stuttgart’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. Petersburg, Florida 85, Stuttgart 8: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 77 points.
Food & drink. St. Petersburg, Florida 52, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. St. Petersburg, Florida 52, Stuttgart 62: Stuttgart leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. St. Petersburg, Florida 44, Stuttgart 42: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. St. Petersburg, Florida 58, Stuttgart 60: Stuttgart leads by 2 points.
Day trips. St. Petersburg, Florida 55, Stuttgart 80: Stuttgart leads by 25 points.
Good for families. St. Petersburg, Florida 70, Stuttgart 66: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 4 points.
Getting around. St. Petersburg, Florida 33, Stuttgart 72: Stuttgart leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. St. Petersburg, Florida 38, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 20 points.
Affordability. St. Petersburg, Florida 35, Stuttgart 40: Stuttgart leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. St. Petersburg, Florida 42, Stuttgart 74: Stuttgart leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. St. Petersburg, Florida 40, Stuttgart 64: Stuttgart leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: St. Petersburg, Florida and Stuttgart.

Your match

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

St. Petersburg, Florida
50match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Stuttgart
Best match
57match

Wins on getting around 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.

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

Stuttgart in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
79 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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St. Petersburg, FloridaStuttgart

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. St. Petersburg, Florida: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Saint Petersburg (1.6 km from centre). Stuttgart: 1991-2020 normals, Stuttgart / Neckartal (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSt. Petersburg, FloridaStuttgart
Official language-German
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation134 m245 m
Main airportSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsStuttgart Airport (STR)10 km from centre124 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSt. Petersburg, FloridaStuttgart
City population258,308609,365
People per km²7252,938
Museums within 10 km1342
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.