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The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Tampa or The Hague?

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 Tampa for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Tampa’s own page.

Choose The Hague for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on The Hague’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. Tampa 70, The Hague 38: Tampa leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Tampa 57, The Hague 48: Tampa leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Tampa 42, The Hague 66: The Hague leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Tampa 52, The Hague 38: Tampa leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tampa 55, The Hague 52: Tampa leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Tampa 54, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Tampa 78, The Hague 72: Tampa leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Tampa 22, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 56 points.
Shopping & style. Tampa 40, The Hague 55: The Hague leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Tampa 40, The Hague 35: Tampa leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tampa 47, The Hague 58: The Hague leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tampa 30, The Hague 45: The Hague leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tampa and The Hague.

Your match

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

Tampa
49match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

The Hague
Best match
56match

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.

Tampa in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

The Hague in July

21 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

The Hague has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

The Hague's sunshine is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTampaThe Hague
Official language-Dutch
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
Elevation30 m1 m
Main airportTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureTampaThe Hague
City population384,959548,320
People per km²8485,589
Museums within 10 km654
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
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.