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The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river
Minato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock, Yokohama
YokohamaMinato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock

Photos: Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Yokohama by Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Tampa or Yokohama?

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

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

Choose Yokohama for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Yokohama’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, Yokohama 46: Tampa leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Tampa 57, Yokohama 72: Yokohama leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Tampa 42, Yokohama 55: Yokohama leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Tampa 52, Yokohama 44: Tampa leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tampa 55, Yokohama 66: Yokohama leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Tampa 54, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Tampa 78, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Tampa 22, Yokohama 87: Yokohama leads by 65 points.
Shopping & style. Tampa 40, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Tampa 40, Yokohama 55: Yokohama leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tampa 47, Yokohama 56: Yokohama leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tampa 30, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tampa and Yokohama.

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.

Yokohama
Best match
64match

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

Yokohama in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Yokohama's sunshine is measured 29 km from the centre, at Tokyo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre). Yokohama: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Yokohama (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTampaYokohama
Official language-Japanese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation30 m24 m
Main airportTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureTampaYokohama
City population384,9593,757,630
People per km²8488,585
Museums within 10 km638
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months5 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.