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The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

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

Tampa or Vancouver?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Vancouver for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Vancouver’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, Vancouver 42: Tampa leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Tampa 57, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Tampa and Vancouver are level on 42.
Nightlife. Tampa 52, Vancouver 42: Tampa leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tampa 55, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Tampa 54, Vancouver 45: Tampa leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Tampa 78, Vancouver 72: Tampa leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Tampa 22, Vancouver 73: Vancouver leads by 51 points.
Shopping & style. Tampa 40, Vancouver 55: Vancouver leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Tampa 40, Vancouver 27: Tampa leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tampa 47, Vancouver 52: Vancouver leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tampa 30, Vancouver 50: Vancouver leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tampa and Vancouver.

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.

Vancouver
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors 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

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 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). Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTampaVancouver
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-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation30 m2 m
Main airportTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureTampaVancouver
City population384,959662,248
People per km²8485,759
Museums within 10 km626
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 monthsNone

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.