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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Alicante 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 Alicante for

  • getting around
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Naples, Florida for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • shopping

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. Alicante 82, Naples, Florida 87: Naples, Florida leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Naples, Florida 46: Alicante leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Naples, Florida 27: Alicante leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Naples, Florida 20: Alicante leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Naples, Florida 66: Naples, Florida leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Naples, Florida 43: Alicante leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Naples, Florida 64: Alicante leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Naples, Florida 22: Alicante leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Naples, Florida 48: Naples, Florida leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Naples, Florida 17: Alicante leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Naples, Florida 40: Naples, Florida leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Naples, Florida 45: Naples, Florida leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Naples, Florida.

Your match

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

Alicante
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around and prices with your weighting.

Naples, Florida
44match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Alicante in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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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AlicanteNaples, 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. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Naples, Florida: 2002-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Naples / East Naples (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteNaples, Florida
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation3 m-2 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteNaples, Florida
City population366,22119,115
People per km²1,819450
Museums within 10 km84
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.