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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Dublin 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 Dublin for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Naples, Florida for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • 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. Dublin 27, Naples, Florida 87: Naples, Florida leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Naples, Florida 46: Dublin leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Naples, Florida 27: Dublin leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Naples, Florida 20: Dublin leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Naples, Florida 66: Dublin leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Naples, Florida 43: Dublin leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Naples, Florida 64: Naples, Florida leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Naples, Florida 22: Dublin leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Naples, Florida 48: Dublin leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Naples, Florida 17: Dublin leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Naples, Florida 40: Dublin leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Naples, Florida 45: Naples, Florida leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Naples, Florida.

Your match

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

Dublin
Best match
53match

Wins on getting around and nightlife with your weighting.

Naples, Florida
44match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Dublin in July

20 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 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. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Naples, Florida: 2002-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Naples / East Naples (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinNaples, Florida
Official languageEnglish, Irish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation20 m-2 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinNaples, Florida
City population592,71319,115
People per km²5,154450
Museums within 10 km404
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone10 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. 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.