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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water

Photos: Acapulco by Felicia Navarrete, Pexels License; Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Acapulco or Naples, Florida?

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 Acapulco for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Naples, Florida for

  • day trips
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Naples, Florida’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. Acapulco 80, Naples, Florida 87: Naples, Florida leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Acapulco 55, Naples, Florida 46: Acapulco leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Acapulco 28, Naples, Florida 27: Acapulco leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, Naples, Florida 20: Acapulco leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco 50, Naples, Florida 66: Naples, Florida leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, Naples, Florida 43: Naples, Florida leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Acapulco 45, Naples, Florida 64: Naples, Florida leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, Naples, Florida 22: Acapulco leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, Naples, Florida 48: Naples, Florida leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, Naples, Florida 17: Acapulco leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, Naples, Florida 40: Naples, Florida leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco 32, Naples, Florida 45: Naples, Florida leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and Naples, Florida.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Acapulco
44match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Naples, Florida
44match

Wins on day trips and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Acapulco in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
226 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Naples, Florida in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AcapulcoNaples, Florida

Where the figures come from

Naples, Florida 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. Acapulco: 1991-2020 normals, Acapulco, Gro. (5.9 km from centre). Naples, Florida: 2002-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Naples / East Naples (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoNaples, Florida
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya-
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation18 m-2 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoNaples, Florida
City population658,60919,115
People per km²350450
Museums within 10 km34
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months10 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.