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Yellow colonial houses in the walled city, Cartagena
CartagenaYellow colonial houses in the walled city
Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water

Photos: Cartagena by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Cartagena 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 Cartagena for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Naples, Florida for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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. Cartagena 70, Naples, Florida 87: Naples, Florida leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Cartagena 62, Naples, Florida 46: Cartagena leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Cartagena 68, Naples, Florida 27: Cartagena leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Cartagena 70, Naples, Florida 20: Cartagena leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cartagena 46, Naples, Florida 66: Naples, Florida leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Cartagena 33, Naples, Florida 43: Naples, Florida leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Cartagena 40, Naples, Florida 64: Naples, Florida leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Cartagena 54, Naples, Florida 22: Cartagena leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Cartagena and Naples, Florida are level on 48.
Affordability. Cartagena 60, Naples, Florida 17: Cartagena leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cartagena and Naples, Florida are level on 40.
Wellness & relaxation. Cartagena 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: Cartagena and Naples, Florida.

Your match

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

Cartagena
Best match
53match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Naples, Florida
44match

Wins on families 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.

Cartagena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
124 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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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CartagenaNaples, Florida

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. Cartagena: 1991-2020 normals, Cartagena / Rafael Nunez (3.1 km from centre). Naples, Florida: 2002-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Naples / East Naples (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCartagenaNaples, Florida
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number123911
Elevation2 m-2 m
Main airportRafael Nuñez International Airport (CTG)2 km from centre26 non-stop destinationsSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCartagenaNaples, Florida
City population914,55219,115
People per km²1,599450
Museums within 10 km24
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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.