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St. Petersburg, Florida
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

St. Petersburg, Florida or Toulouse?

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
  • families

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

Choose Toulouse for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Toulouse’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, Toulouse 10: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. St. Petersburg, Florida 52, Toulouse 66: Toulouse leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. St. Petersburg, Florida 52, Toulouse 64: Toulouse leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. St. Petersburg, Florida 44, Toulouse 56: Toulouse leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. St. Petersburg, Florida and Toulouse are level on 58.
Day trips. St. Petersburg, Florida 55, Toulouse 72: Toulouse leads by 17 points.
Good for families. St. Petersburg, Florida 70, Toulouse 62: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 8 points.
Getting around. St. Petersburg, Florida 33, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. St. Petersburg, Florida 38, Toulouse 50: Toulouse leads by 12 points.
Affordability. St. Petersburg, Florida 35, Toulouse 46: Toulouse leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. St. Petersburg, Florida 42, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. St. Petersburg, Florida 40, Toulouse 27: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: St. Petersburg, Florida and Toulouse.

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.

Toulouse
Best match
53match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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

Toulouse in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
40 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine 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. Petersburg, FloridaToulouse

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). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSt. Petersburg, FloridaToulouse
Official language-French
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation134 m115 m
Main airportSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSt. Petersburg, FloridaToulouse
City population258,308514,819
People per km²7254,352
Museums within 10 km1324
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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.