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St. Petersburg, Florida
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

St. Petersburg, Florida or Tromso?

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
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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, Tromso 8: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 77 points.
Food & drink. St. Petersburg, Florida 52, Tromso 36: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. St. Petersburg, Florida 52, Tromso 27: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. St. Petersburg, Florida 44, Tromso 38: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. St. Petersburg, Florida 58, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 34 points.
Day trips. St. Petersburg, Florida 55, Tromso 14: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 41 points.
Good for families. St. Petersburg, Florida 70, Tromso 45: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 25 points.
Getting around. St. Petersburg, Florida 33, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. St. Petersburg, Florida 38, Tromso 15: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 23 points.
Affordability. St. Petersburg, Florida 35, Tromso 11: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. St. Petersburg, Florida 42, Tromso 32: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. St. Petersburg, Florida 40, Tromso 38: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: St. Petersburg, Florida and Tromso.

Your match

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

St. Petersburg, Florida
Best match
50match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

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. 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

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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St. Petersburg, FloridaTromso

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). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSt. Petersburg, FloridaTromso
Official language-Norwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation134 m20 m
Main airportSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSt. Petersburg, FloridaTromso
City population258,30879,943
People per km²72532
Museums within 10 km138
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 monthsNone

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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.