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The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river
The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

Photos: Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Tampa or Tunis?

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

  • families
  • nightlife
  • beaches

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

Choose Tunis for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Tunis’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, Tunis 60: Tampa leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Tampa 57, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Tampa 42, Tunis 76: Tunis leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Tampa 52, Tunis 33: Tampa leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tampa 55, Tunis 45: Tampa leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Tampa 54, Tunis 77: Tunis leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Tampa 78, Tunis 38: Tampa leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Tampa 22, Tunis 48: Tunis leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Tampa 40, Tunis 50: Tunis leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Tampa 40, Tunis 86: Tunis leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tampa 47, Tunis 38: Tampa leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tampa 30, Tunis 58: Tunis leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tampa and Tunis.

Your match

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

Tampa
49match

Wins on families and nightlife with your weighting.

Tunis
Best match
56match

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.

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

Tunis in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 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). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTampaTunis
Official language-Arabic
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Tunisian Dinar (TND)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number911Police 197, ambulance 190, fire 198
Elevation30 m4 m
Main airportTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureTampaTunis
City population384,959602,560
People per km²8482,834
Museums within 10 km616
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months5 months

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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.