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St. Petersburg, Florida
Rowing boats below the ghats in the morning light, Varanasi
VaranasiRowing boats below the ghats in the morning light

Photos: Varanasi by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

St. Petersburg, Florida or Varanasi?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Varanasi for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Varanasi’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, Varanasi 4: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 81 points.
Food & drink. St. Petersburg, Florida 52, Varanasi 55: Varanasi leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. St. Petersburg, Florida 52, Varanasi 80: Varanasi leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. St. Petersburg, Florida 44, Varanasi 10: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. St. Petersburg, Florida 58, Varanasi 18: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 40 points.
Day trips. St. Petersburg, Florida 55, Varanasi 42: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 13 points.
Good for families. St. Petersburg, Florida 70, Varanasi 5: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 65 points.
Getting around. St. Petersburg, Florida 33, Varanasi 28: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. St. Petersburg, Florida 38, Varanasi 55: Varanasi leads by 17 points.
Affordability. St. Petersburg, Florida 35, Varanasi 92: Varanasi leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. St. Petersburg, Florida 42, Varanasi 58: Varanasi leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. St. Petersburg, Florida 40, Varanasi 30: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: St. Petersburg, Florida and Varanasi.

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 families with your weighting.

Varanasi
40match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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

Varanasi in July

35 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
249 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Varanasi has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

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). Varanasi: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureSt. Petersburg, FloridaVaranasi
Official language-Hindi, English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number911108 or 112
Elevation134 m76 m
Main airportSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsLal Bahadur Shastri International Airport (VNS)21 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureSt. Petersburg, FloridaVaranasi
City population258,3081,198,491
People per km²72514,598
Museums within 10 km132
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.