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The white medina above the harbour walls, Essaouira
EssaouiraThe white medina above the harbour walls
Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water

Photos: Essaouira by Manel Cusido, Pexels License; Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Essaouira 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 Essaouira for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Naples, Florida for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • 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. Essaouira 47, Naples, Florida 87: Naples, Florida leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Essaouira 44, Naples, Florida 46: Naples, Florida leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Essaouira 48, Naples, Florida 27: Essaouira leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Essaouira 14, Naples, Florida 20: Naples, Florida leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Essaouira 57, Naples, Florida 66: Naples, Florida leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Essaouira 17, Naples, Florida 43: Naples, Florida leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Essaouira 42, Naples, Florida 64: Naples, Florida leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Essaouira 58, Naples, Florida 22: Essaouira leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Essaouira 44, Naples, Florida 48: Naples, Florida leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Essaouira 74, Naples, Florida 17: Essaouira leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Essaouira 28, Naples, Florida 40: Naples, Florida leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Essaouira 66, Naples, Florida 45: Essaouira leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Essaouira and Naples, Florida.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Essaouira
45match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

Naples, Florida
44match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Essaouira in July

22 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Naples, Florida in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
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

Essaouira 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.

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. Essaouira: 1991-2020 normals, Essaouira (1.4 km from centre). Naples, Florida: 2002-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Naples / East Naples (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureEssaouiraNaples, Florida
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight-
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15911
Elevation11 m-2 m
Main airportEssaouira-Mogador Airport (ESU)15 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureEssaouiraNaples, Florida
City population82,96219,115
People per km²16,592450
Museums within 10 km24
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). 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.