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The Scott Monument and Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh
EdinburghThe Scott Monument and Princes Street Gardens
Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water

Photos: Edinburgh by Carlos Delgado, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Edinburgh’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. Edinburgh 22, Naples, Florida 87: Naples, Florida leads by 65 points.
Food & drink. Edinburgh 53, Naples, Florida 46: Edinburgh leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Edinburgh 75, Naples, Florida 27: Edinburgh leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Edinburgh 50, Naples, Florida 20: Edinburgh leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Edinburgh 75, Naples, Florida 66: Edinburgh leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Edinburgh 75, Naples, Florida 43: Edinburgh leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Edinburgh 62, Naples, Florida 64: Naples, Florida leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Edinburgh 74, Naples, Florida 22: Edinburgh leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Edinburgh 50, Naples, Florida 48: Edinburgh leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Edinburgh 30, Naples, Florida 17: Edinburgh leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Edinburgh 72, Naples, Florida 40: Edinburgh leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Edinburgh 34, Naples, Florida 45: Naples, Florida leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Edinburgh and Naples, Florida.

Your match

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

Edinburgh
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights 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.

Edinburgh in July

19 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
66 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °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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EdinburghNaples, Florida

Where the figures come from

Edinburgh 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.

Edinburgh's sunshine is measured 52 km from the centre, at Leuchars.

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. Edinburgh: 1991-2020 normals, Edinburgh Airport (10 km from centre). Naples, Florida: 2002-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Naples / East Naples (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureEdinburghNaples, Florida
Official languageEnglish-
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999911
Elevation47 m-2 m
Main airportEdinburgh Airport (EDI)11 km from centre163 non-stop destinationsSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureEdinburghNaples, Florida
City population488,05019,115
People per km²1,884450
Museums within 10 km324
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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.