Photos: Cape Town by Stephan Louis, Pexels License; Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.
Cape Town 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 Cape Town for
- prices
- nightlife
- culture and sights
What lies behind each score is written up on Cape Town’s own page.
Choose Naples, Florida for
- beaches
- 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.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cape Town and Naples, Florida.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.
Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.
What matters to you?
When should you go?
Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.
Cape Town in July
Naples, Florida in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
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. Cape Town: 1991-2020 normals, Cape Town Airport (17.5 km from centre). Naples, Florida: 2002-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Naples / East Naples (2.3 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Cape Town | Naples, Florida |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | English, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Venda, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, South African Sign Language | - |
| Currency | Rand (ZAR) | US Dollar (USD) |
| Sockets | CMN230 V, 50 Hz | AB120 V, 60 Hz |
| Driving side | Left | Right |
| Time zone | UTC+2 | UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer |
| Emergency number | 112 | 911 |
| Elevation | 5 m | -2 m |
| Main airport | Cape Town International Airport (CPT)18 km from centre45 non-stop destinations | Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 13 days | 11 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Cape Town | Naples, Florida |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 3,776,313 | 19,115 |
| People per km² | 1,538 | 450 |
| Museums within 10 km | 22 | 4 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 3 | 0 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | None | 10 months |
Where else could you go?
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