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St. Petersburg, Florida
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

St. Petersburg, Florida or Zagreb?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Zagreb for

  • getting around
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Zagreb’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, Zagreb 10: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. St. Petersburg, Florida 52, Zagreb 55: Zagreb leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. St. Petersburg, Florida 52, Zagreb 56: Zagreb leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. St. Petersburg, Florida 44, Zagreb 47: Zagreb leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. St. Petersburg, Florida 58, Zagreb 62: Zagreb leads by 4 points.
Day trips. St. Petersburg, Florida 55, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 5 points.
Good for families. St. Petersburg, Florida 70, Zagreb 52: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 18 points.
Getting around. St. Petersburg, Florida 33, Zagreb 70: Zagreb leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. St. Petersburg, Florida 38, Zagreb 40: Zagreb leads by 2 points.
Affordability. St. Petersburg, Florida 35, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. St. Petersburg, Florida 42, Zagreb 52: Zagreb leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. St. Petersburg, Florida 40, Zagreb 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 Zagreb.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

St. Petersburg, Florida
50match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Zagreb
50match

Wins on getting around and prices 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

Zagreb in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
9 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, FloridaZagreb

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). Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSt. Petersburg, FloridaZagreb
Official language-Croatian
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 m127 m
Main airportSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureSt. Petersburg, FloridaZagreb
City population258,308767,131
People per km²725-
Museums within 10 km1327
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.