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The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat
Castel Sant'Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino, Naples
NaplesCastel Sant'Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino

Photos: Geneva by Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Naples by pietro scerrato, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Geneva or Naples?

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 Geneva for

  • getting around
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Naples for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Naples’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. Geneva 45, Naples 50: Naples leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Geneva 55, Naples 83: Naples leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Geneva 58, Naples 87: Naples leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Geneva 38, Naples 60: Naples leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Geneva 82, Naples 77: Geneva leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Geneva 80, Naples 96: Naples leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Geneva 57, Naples 45: Geneva leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Geneva 86, Naples 54: Geneva leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Geneva 68, Naples 60: Geneva leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Geneva 5, Naples 63: Naples leads by 58 points.
Live music & performing arts. Geneva 60, Naples 66: Naples leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Geneva 55, Naples 44: Geneva leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Geneva and Naples.

Your match

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

Geneva
57match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Naples
Best match
65match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Geneva in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Naples in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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 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's sunshine is measured 28 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre). Naples: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Napoli / Capodichino (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenevaNaples
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshItalian
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation403 m17 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsNaples International Airport (NAP)7 km from centre131 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenevaNaples
City population211,152913,462
People per km²13,2807,676
Museums within 10 km3465
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km25
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.