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St. Petersburg, Florida
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

St. Petersburg, Florida or Toronto?

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
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Toronto for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 51 points.
Food & drink. St. Petersburg, Florida 52, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. St. Petersburg, Florida 52, Toronto 50: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. St. Petersburg, Florida 44, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. St. Petersburg, Florida 58, Toronto 52: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 6 points.
Day trips. St. Petersburg, Florida 55, Toronto 50: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 5 points.
Good for families. St. Petersburg, Florida 70, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 4 points.
Getting around. St. Petersburg, Florida 33, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. St. Petersburg, Florida 38, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 28 points.
Affordability. St. Petersburg, Florida 35, Toronto 34: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. St. Petersburg, Florida 42, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. St. Petersburg, Florida 40, Toronto 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 Toronto.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Toronto
Best match
55match

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

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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St. Petersburg, FloridaToronto

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). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSt. Petersburg, FloridaToronto
Official language-French, English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation134 m76 m
Main airportSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSt. Petersburg, FloridaToronto
City population258,3082,794,356
People per km²7254,434
Museums within 10 km1332
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months1 month

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.