Downtown Tampa and Clearwater are easily accessible via a short taxi ride, and the airport limo service provides convenient access to St. Petersburg. Orlando International is a much larger airport with a wider array of domestic and international flights. Sanford International Airport, with its many international charter flights is just north of Orlando and about a two and a half hour drive from the Tampa Bay area. The Tampa Bay climate is semi-tropical like the rest of Florida. Summers are very hot and humid.
Winters are cool but mild.
Spring and Fall are often the nicest times of year with warm sunny days and cooler evenings. It rains a lot in Florida especially during the summer months. In the summer, early mornings are the best times to visit the beaches , golf courses and outdoor amusements. Dawn usually brings blue skies and warm sunshine. By noon, the heat becomes oppressive and the great solar engine over the Gulf of Mexico begins to boil up masses of puffy white cumulus clouds.