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St. Petersburg, Florida
The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade

Photos: Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

St. Petersburg, Florida or Thessaloniki?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Thessaloniki for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Thessaloniki’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, Thessaloniki 55: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. St. Petersburg, Florida 52, Thessaloniki 77: Thessaloniki leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. St. Petersburg, Florida 52, Thessaloniki 73: Thessaloniki leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. St. Petersburg, Florida 44, Thessaloniki 76: Thessaloniki leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. St. Petersburg, Florida 58, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 8 points.
Day trips. St. Petersburg, Florida 55, Thessaloniki 74: Thessaloniki leads by 19 points.
Good for families. St. Petersburg, Florida 70, Thessaloniki 50: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 20 points.
Getting around. St. Petersburg, Florida 33, Thessaloniki 60: Thessaloniki leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. St. Petersburg, Florida 38, Thessaloniki 50: Thessaloniki leads by 12 points.
Affordability. St. Petersburg, Florida 35, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. St. Petersburg, Florida 42, Thessaloniki 52: Thessaloniki leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. St. Petersburg, Florida 40, Thessaloniki 33: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: St. Petersburg, Florida and Thessaloniki.

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.

Thessaloniki
Best match
61match

Wins on nightlife and prices 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

Thessaloniki in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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St. Petersburg, FloridaThessaloniki

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). Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSt. Petersburg, FloridaThessaloniki
Official language-Greek
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation134 m6 m
Main airportSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureSt. Petersburg, FloridaThessaloniki
City population258,308309,617
People per km²72516,042
Museums within 10 km1332
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months5 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.