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Huntington Beach Pier on a summer day, Huntington Beach
Huntington BeachHuntington Beach Pier on a summer day
Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water

Photos: Huntington Beach by Stephen Leonardi, Pexels License; Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Huntington Beach 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 Huntington Beach for

  • day trips
  • nightlife
  • families

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

Choose Naples, Florida for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

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. Huntington Beach 70, Naples, Florida 87: Naples, Florida leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Huntington Beach and Naples, Florida are level on 46.
Culture & sights. Huntington Beach 14, Naples, Florida 27: Naples, Florida leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Huntington Beach 38, Naples, Florida 20: Huntington Beach leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Huntington Beach 58, Naples, Florida 66: Naples, Florida leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Huntington Beach 63, Naples, Florida 43: Huntington Beach leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Huntington Beach 82, Naples, Florida 64: Huntington Beach leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Huntington Beach 20, Naples, Florida 22: Naples, Florida leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Huntington Beach 42, Naples, Florida 48: Naples, Florida leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Huntington Beach 28, Naples, Florida 17: Huntington Beach leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Huntington Beach 33, Naples, Florida 40: Naples, Florida leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Huntington Beach 36, Naples, Florida 45: Naples, Florida leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Huntington Beach and Naples, Florida.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Huntington Beach
44match

Wins on day trips and nightlife with your weighting.

Naples, Florida
44match

Wins on beaches 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.

Huntington Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 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

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. Huntington Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (12.3 km from centre). Naples, Florida: 2002-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Naples / East Naples (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHuntington BeachNaples, Florida
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation12 m-2 m
Main airportJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)12 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHuntington BeachNaples, Florida
City population198,71119,115
People per km²2,406450
Museums within 10 km34
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.