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The Sagrada Família, Barcelona
BarcelonaThe Sagrada Família
Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water

Photos: Barcelona by Canaan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Barcelona 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 Barcelona for

  • nightlife
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Naples, Florida for

  • beaches
  • wellness

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. Barcelona 75, Naples, Florida 87: Naples, Florida leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Barcelona 82, Naples, Florida 46: Barcelona leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Barcelona 86, Naples, Florida 27: Barcelona leads by 59 points.
Nightlife. Barcelona 82, Naples, Florida 20: Barcelona leads by 62 points.
Nature & outdoors. Barcelona 72, Naples, Florida 66: Barcelona leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Barcelona 80, Naples, Florida 43: Barcelona leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Barcelona 76, Naples, Florida 64: Barcelona leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Barcelona 80, Naples, Florida 22: Barcelona leads by 58 points.
Shopping & style. Barcelona 75, Naples, Florida 48: Barcelona leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Barcelona 44, Naples, Florida 17: Barcelona leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Barcelona 70, Naples, Florida 40: Barcelona leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Barcelona 38, Naples, Florida 45: Naples, Florida leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Barcelona and Naples, Florida.

Your match

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

Barcelona
Best match
72match

Wins on nightlife and culture and sights 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.

Barcelona in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
24 °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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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. Barcelona: 1991-2020 normals, Barcelona / Aeropuerto (14.4 km from centre). Naples, Florida: 2002-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Naples / East Naples (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarcelonaNaples, 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
Elevation9 m-2 m
Main airportJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN)13 km from centre235 non-stop destinationsSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarcelonaNaples, Florida
City population1,731,64919,115
People per km²17,094450
Museums within 10 km954
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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.