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Rozenhoedkaai and the Belfry, Bruges
BrugesRozenhoedkaai and the Belfry
Castel Sant'Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino, Naples
NaplesCastel Sant'Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino

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

Bruges 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 Bruges for

  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Naples for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • 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. Bruges 28, Naples 50: Naples leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Bruges 56, Naples 83: Naples leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Bruges 75, Naples 87: Naples leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Bruges 27, Naples 60: Naples leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bruges 40, Naples 77: Naples leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Bruges 85, Naples 96: Naples leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Bruges 54, Naples 45: Bruges leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Bruges 78, Naples 54: Bruges leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Bruges 45, Naples 60: Naples leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Bruges 36, Naples 63: Naples leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bruges 40, Naples 66: Naples leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bruges 40, Naples 44: Naples leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bruges and Naples.

Your match

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

Bruges
50match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Naples
Best match
65match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bruges in July

21 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °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

Bruges 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.

Bruges's sunshine is measured 37 km from the centre, at Vlissingen.

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. Bruges: 2009-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Zeebrugge / Zeemanshaard (15.8 km from centre). Naples: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Napoli / Capodichino (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrugesNaples
Official languageFrench, German, DutchItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation2 m17 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)94 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsNaples International Airport (NAP)7 km from centre131 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrugesNaples
City population118,509913,462
People per km²8407,676
Museums within 10 km3865
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km35
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). 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.