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Senate Square and the statue of Alexander II, Helsinki
HelsinkiSenate Square and the statue of Alexander II
Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water

Photos: Helsinki by Ximonic (Simo Räsänen), CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Helsinki 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 Helsinki for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Helsinki’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. Helsinki 28, Naples, Florida 87: Naples, Florida leads by 59 points.
Food & drink. Helsinki 52, Naples, Florida 46: Helsinki leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Helsinki 60, Naples, Florida 27: Helsinki leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Helsinki 50, Naples, Florida 20: Helsinki leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Helsinki 58, Naples, Florida 66: Naples, Florida leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Helsinki 62, Naples, Florida 43: Helsinki leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Helsinki 76, Naples, Florida 64: Helsinki leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Helsinki 86, Naples, Florida 22: Helsinki leads by 64 points.
Shopping & style. Helsinki 62, Naples, Florida 48: Helsinki leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Helsinki 30, Naples, Florida 17: Helsinki leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Helsinki 63, Naples, Florida 40: Helsinki leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Helsinki 82, Naples, Florida 45: Helsinki leads by 37 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Helsinki and Naples, Florida.

Your match

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

Helsinki
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around and wellness 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.

Helsinki in July

22 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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. Helsinki: 1991-2020 normals, Helsinki Kaisaniemi / Harju (1.6 km from centre). Naples, Florida: 2002-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Naples / East Naples (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHelsinkiNaples, Florida
Official languageFinnish, Swedish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation17 m-2 m
Main airportHelsinki Vantaa Airport (HEL)16 km from centre136 non-stop destinationsSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHelsinkiNaples, Florida
City population694,39219,115
People per km²3,239450
Museums within 10 km744
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.