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The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river
Skiers in front of the big timber lodge at the resort, Winter Park, Colorado
Winter Park, ColoradoSkiers in front of the big timber lodge at the resort

Photos: Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Winter Park, Colorado by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Tampa or Winter Park, Colorado?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Winter Park, Colorado for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Winter Park, Colorado’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, Winter Park, Colorado 5: Tampa leads by 65 points.
Food & drink. Tampa 57, Winter Park, Colorado 24: Tampa leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Tampa 42, Winter Park, Colorado 6: Tampa leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Tampa 52, Winter Park, Colorado 15: Tampa leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tampa 55, Winter Park, Colorado 88: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Tampa 54, Winter Park, Colorado 38: Tampa leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Tampa 78, Winter Park, Colorado 62: Tampa leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Tampa 22, Winter Park, Colorado 42: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Tampa 40, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Tampa leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Tampa 40, Winter Park, Colorado 25: Tampa leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tampa 47, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Tampa leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tampa 30, Winter Park, Colorado 46: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tampa and Winter Park, Colorado.

Your match

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

Tampa
Best match
49match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Winter Park, Colorado
31match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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

Winter Park, Colorado in July

21 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Winter Park, Colorado's temperatures are measured 90 km from the centre, at Leadville / Stringtown.

Winter Park, Colorado's station stands 269 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Winter Park, Colorado 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre). Winter Park, Colorado: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (89.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTampaWinter Park, Colorado
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation30 m2,759 m
Main airportTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)95 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureTampaWinter Park, Colorado
City population384,9591,033
People per km²84824
Museums within 10 km60
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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.