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The Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
AtlantaThe Georgia State Capitol
Castel Sant'Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino, Naples
NaplesCastel Sant'Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino

Photos: Atlanta by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Naples by pietro scerrato, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Atlanta 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 Atlanta for

  • families
  • nightlife

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

Choose Naples for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

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. Atlanta 10, Naples 50: Naples leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Atlanta 68, Naples 83: Naples leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Atlanta 55, Naples 87: Naples leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Atlanta 65, Naples 60: Atlanta leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Atlanta 60, Naples 77: Naples leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Atlanta 52, Naples 96: Naples leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Atlanta 70, Naples 45: Atlanta leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Atlanta 28, Naples 54: Naples leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Atlanta 50, Naples 60: Naples leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Atlanta 40, Naples 63: Naples leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Atlanta 62, Naples 66: Naples leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Atlanta 33, Naples 44: Naples leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Atlanta and Naples.

Your match

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

Atlanta
49match

Wins on families and nightlife with your weighting.

Naples
Best match
65match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Atlanta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
120 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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

Atlanta 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 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. Atlanta: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Atlanta / Carroll Heights (12.5 km from centre). Naples: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Napoli / Capodichino (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAtlantaNaples
Official language-Italian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation225 m17 m
Main airportHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)14 km from centre238 non-stop destinationsNaples International Airport (NAP)7 km from centre131 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAtlantaNaples
City population498,715913,462
People per km²1,4337,676
Museums within 10 km2765
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.