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The Massachusetts State House, Boston
BostonThe Massachusetts State House
Castel Sant'Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino, Naples
NaplesCastel Sant'Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino

Photos: Boston by Ajay Suresh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Naples by pietro scerrato, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Boston 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 Boston for

  • families
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Naples for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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. Boston 35, Naples 50: Naples leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Boston 64, Naples 83: Naples leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Boston 72, Naples 87: Naples leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Boston 47, Naples 60: Naples leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boston 60, Naples 77: Naples leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Boston 72, Naples 96: Naples leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Boston 72, Naples 45: Boston leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Boston 70, Naples 54: Boston leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Boston 55, Naples 60: Naples leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Boston 18, Naples 63: Naples leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boston 72, Naples 66: Boston leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boston 30, Naples 44: Naples leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Boston and Naples.

Your match

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

Boston
56match

Wins on families and getting around with your weighting.

Naples
Best match
65match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Boston in July

28 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
15 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

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. Boston: 1991-2020 normals, Boston Logan International (3.5 km from centre). Naples: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Napoli / Capodichino (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBostonNaples
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
Elevation43 m17 m
Main airportBoston Logan International Airport (BOS)4 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsNaples International Airport (NAP)7 km from centre131 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBostonNaples
City population675,647913,462
People per km²2,9107,676
Museums within 10 km5165
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 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). 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. 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.