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Swayambhunath with its prayer flags, Kathmandu
KathmanduSwayambhunath with its prayer flags
Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water

Photos: Kathmandu by Nabin K. Sapkota, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Kathmandu 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 Kathmandu for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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

Choose Naples, Florida for

  • beaches
  • families
  • live music and the arts

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. Kathmandu 4, Naples, Florida 87: Naples, Florida leads by 83 points.
Food & drink. Kathmandu 55, Naples, Florida 46: Kathmandu leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Kathmandu 82, Naples, Florida 27: Kathmandu leads by 55 points.
Nightlife. Kathmandu 36, Naples, Florida 20: Kathmandu leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kathmandu 70, Naples, Florida 66: Kathmandu leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Kathmandu 56, Naples, Florida 43: Kathmandu leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Kathmandu 20, Naples, Florida 64: Naples, Florida leads by 44 points.
Getting around. Kathmandu 25, Naples, Florida 22: Kathmandu leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Kathmandu 55, Naples, Florida 48: Kathmandu leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Kathmandu 97, Naples, Florida 17: Kathmandu leads by 80 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kathmandu 28, Naples, Florida 40: Naples, Florida leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kathmandu and Naples, Florida are level on 45.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kathmandu and Naples, Florida.

Your match

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

Kathmandu
Best match
48match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Naples, Florida
44match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Kathmandu in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
384 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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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KathmanduNaples, Florida

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. Kathmandu: 1991-2020 normals, Kathmandu Airport (4.7 km from centre). Naples, Florida: 2002-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Naples / East Naples (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKathmanduNaples, Florida
Official languageNepali-
CurrencyNepalese Rupee (NPR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:45UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 100, ambulance 102, fire 101911
Elevation1,300 m-2 m
Main airportTribhuvan International Airport (KTM)4 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureKathmanduNaples, Florida
City population845,76719,115
People per km²17,121450
Museums within 10 km94
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-10 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.