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St. Petersburg, Florida
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

St. Petersburg, Florida or Valencia?

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

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

Choose Valencia for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Valencia’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, Valencia 78: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. St. Petersburg, Florida 52, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. St. Petersburg, Florida 52, Valencia 68: Valencia leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. St. Petersburg, Florida 44, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. St. Petersburg, Florida 58, Valencia 60: Valencia leads by 2 points.
Day trips. St. Petersburg, Florida 55, Valencia 70: Valencia leads by 15 points.
Good for families. St. Petersburg, Florida 70, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 5 points.
Getting around. St. Petersburg, Florida 33, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. St. Petersburg, Florida 38, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 19 points.
Affordability. St. Petersburg, Florida 35, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. St. Petersburg, Florida 42, Valencia 55: Valencia leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. St. Petersburg, Florida 40, Valencia 42: Valencia 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 Valencia.

Your match

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

St. Petersburg, Florida
50match

Wins on beaches with your weighting.

Valencia
Best match
65match

Wins on getting around and food and drink 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

Valencia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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St. Petersburg, FloridaValencia

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). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSt. Petersburg, FloridaValencia
Official language-Spanish
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 m15 m
Main airportSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSt. Petersburg, FloridaValencia
City population258,308840,792
People per km²7256,242
Museums within 10 km1345
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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.