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Wat Chiang Man in the old city, Chiang Mai
Chiang MaiWat Chiang Man in the old city
Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water

Photos: Chiang Mai by Gije Cho, Pexels License; Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Chiang Mai 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 Chiang Mai for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

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

Choose Naples, Florida for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • 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. Chiang Mai 6, Naples, Florida 87: Naples, Florida leads by 81 points.
Food & drink. Chiang Mai 78, Naples, Florida 46: Chiang Mai leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Chiang Mai 65, Naples, Florida 27: Chiang Mai leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Chiang Mai 45, Naples, Florida 20: Chiang Mai leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chiang Mai 73, Naples, Florida 66: Chiang Mai leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Chiang Mai 48, Naples, Florida 43: Chiang Mai leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Chiang Mai 55, Naples, Florida 64: Naples, Florida leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Chiang Mai 38, Naples, Florida 22: Chiang Mai leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Chiang Mai 62, Naples, Florida 48: Chiang Mai leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Chiang Mai 90, Naples, Florida 17: Chiang Mai leads by 73 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chiang Mai 30, Naples, Florida 40: Naples, Florida leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chiang Mai 82, Naples, Florida 45: Chiang Mai leads by 37 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chiang Mai and Naples, Florida.

Your match

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

Chiang Mai
Best match
56match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Naples, Florida
44match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Chiang Mai in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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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. Chiang Mai: 1991-2020 normals, Chiang Mai (0.6 km from centre). Naples, Florida: 2002-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Naples / East Naples (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChiang MaiNaples, Florida
Official languageThai-
CurrencyBaht (THB)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199911
Elevation310 m-2 m
Main airportChiang Mai International Airport (CNX)3 km from centre28 non-stop destinationsSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureChiang MaiNaples, Florida
City population1,198,00019,115
People per km²2,958450
Museums within 10 km64
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.