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San Petronio on Piazza Maggiore, Bologna
BolognaSan Petronio on Piazza Maggiore
Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water

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

Bologna 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 Bologna for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Naples, Florida for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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. Bologna 30, Naples, Florida 87: Naples, Florida leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Bologna 82, Naples, Florida 46: Bologna leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Bologna 77, Naples, Florida 27: Bologna leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Bologna 58, Naples, Florida 20: Bologna leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bologna 52, Naples, Florida 66: Naples, Florida leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Bologna 95, Naples, Florida 43: Bologna leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Bologna 50, Naples, Florida 64: Naples, Florida leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Bologna 76, Naples, Florida 22: Bologna leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Bologna 55, Naples, Florida 48: Bologna leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Bologna 48, Naples, Florida 17: Bologna leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bologna 60, Naples, Florida 40: Bologna leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bologna 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: Bologna and Naples, Florida.

Your match

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

Bologna
Best match
60match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Naples, Florida
44match

Wins on beaches 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.

Bologna in July

32 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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

Bologna 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.

Bologna's sunshine is measured 82 km from the centre, at Cervia.

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. Bologna: 1991-2020 normals, Bologna / Borgo Panigale (5.5 km from centre). Naples, Florida: 2002-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Naples / East Naples (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBolognaNaples, Florida
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation54 m-2 m
Main airportBologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)6 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBolognaNaples, Florida
City population387,97119,115
People per km²2,754450
Museums within 10 km684
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C-10 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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.