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The cathedral and Great St. Martin on the Rhine, Cologne
CologneThe cathedral and Great St. Martin on the Rhine
Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water

Photos: Cologne by Jörg Braukmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Cologne 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 Cologne for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Naples, Florida for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Cologne 14, Naples, Florida 87: Naples, Florida leads by 73 points.
Food & drink. Cologne 52, Naples, Florida 46: Cologne leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Cologne 67, Naples, Florida 27: Cologne leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Cologne 66, Naples, Florida 20: Cologne leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cologne 56, Naples, Florida 66: Naples, Florida leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Cologne 80, Naples, Florida 43: Cologne leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Cologne 70, Naples, Florida 64: Cologne leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Cologne 74, Naples, Florida 22: Cologne leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Cologne 57, Naples, Florida 48: Cologne leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Cologne 46, Naples, Florida 17: Cologne leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cologne 68, Naples, Florida 40: Cologne leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cologne 50, Naples, Florida 45: Cologne leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cologne and Naples, Florida.

Your match

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

Cologne
Best match
58match

Wins on getting around and nightlife with your weighting.

Naples, Florida
44match

Wins on beaches 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.

Cologne in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
81 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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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CologneNaples, 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. Cologne: 1991-2020 normals, Köln-Stammheim (5.4 km from centre). Naples, Florida: 2002-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Naples / East Naples (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCologneNaples, Florida
Official languageGerman-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation59 m-2 m
Main airportCologne Bonn Airport (CGN)15 km from centre115 non-stop destinationsSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCologneNaples, Florida
City population1,025,52319,115
People per km²2,532450
Museums within 10 km404
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.