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The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Tampa or Toronto?

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
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Toronto for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Tampa leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Tampa 57, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Tampa 42, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Tampa 52, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tampa 55, Toronto 52: Tampa leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Tampa 54, Toronto 50: Tampa leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Tampa 78, Toronto 74: Tampa leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Tampa 22, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Tampa 40, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Tampa 40, Toronto 34: Tampa leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tampa 47, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tampa 30, Toronto 33: Toronto leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tampa and Toronto.

Your match

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

Tampa
49match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Toronto
Best match
55match

Wins on getting around and shopping 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

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTampaToronto
Official language-French, English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation30 m76 m
Main airportTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureTampaToronto
City population384,9592,794,356
People per km²8484,434
Museums within 10 km632
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months1 month

Where else could you go?

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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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.