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A canal bridge in autumn, Amsterdam
AmsterdamA canal bridge in autumn
Castel Sant'Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino, Naples
NaplesCastel Sant'Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino

Photos: Amsterdam by Hans, Pexels License; Naples by pietro scerrato, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Amsterdam or Naples?

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 Amsterdam for

  • getting around
  • families
  • nightlife

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

Choose Naples for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Naples’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. Amsterdam 25, Naples 50: Naples leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Amsterdam 58, Naples 83: Naples leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Amsterdam 82, Naples 87: Naples leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Amsterdam 77, Naples 60: Amsterdam leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amsterdam 47, Naples 77: Naples leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Amsterdam 87, Naples 96: Naples leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Amsterdam 72, Naples 45: Amsterdam leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Amsterdam 86, Naples 54: Amsterdam leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Amsterdam 68, Naples 60: Amsterdam leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Amsterdam 22, Naples 63: Naples leads by 41 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amsterdam 78, Naples 66: Amsterdam leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amsterdam 42, Naples 44: Naples leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amsterdam and Naples.

Your match

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

Amsterdam
62match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Naples
Best match
65match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Amsterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
84 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Naples in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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

Amsterdam 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.

Amsterdam's sunshine is measured 35 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Naples 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.

Naples's sunshine is measured 28 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Amsterdam: 1991-2020 normals, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (12 km from centre). Naples: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Napoli / Capodichino (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmsterdamNaples
Official languageDutchItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation-2 m17 m
Main airportAmsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)12 km from centre287 non-stop destinationsNaples International Airport (NAP)7 km from centre131 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmsterdamNaples
City population921,468913,462
People per km²4,2087,676
Museums within 10 km10165
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km55
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 months

Where else could you go?

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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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.