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The pagoda at Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto
KyotoThe pagoda at Kiyomizu-dera
Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water

Photos: Kyoto by Bert Mulder, Pexels License; Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Kyoto 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 Kyoto for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Naples, Florida for

  • beaches

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. Kyoto 15, Naples, Florida 87: Naples, Florida leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Kyoto 85, Naples, Florida 46: Kyoto leads by 39 points.
Culture & sights. Kyoto 96, Naples, Florida 27: Kyoto leads by 69 points.
Nightlife. Kyoto 35, Naples, Florida 20: Kyoto leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kyoto 70, Naples, Florida 66: Kyoto leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Kyoto 96, Naples, Florida 43: Kyoto leads by 53 points.
Good for families. Kyoto 68, Naples, Florida 64: Kyoto leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Kyoto 72, Naples, Florida 22: Kyoto leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Kyoto 72, Naples, Florida 48: Kyoto leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Kyoto 50, Naples, Florida 17: Kyoto leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kyoto 60, Naples, Florida 40: Kyoto leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kyoto 70, Naples, Florida 45: Kyoto leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kyoto and Naples, Florida.

Your match

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

Kyoto
Best match
66match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

Naples, Florida
44match

Wins on beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Kyoto in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
225 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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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Where the figures come from

Kyoto's sunshine is measured 43 km from the centre, at Osaka.

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. Kyoto: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Kyoto (3.2 km from centre). Naples, Florida: 2002-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Naples / East Naples (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKyotoNaples, Florida
Official languageJapanese-
CurrencyYen (JPY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119911
Elevation51 m-2 m
Main airportKansai International Airport (KIX)81 km from centre62 non-stop destinationsSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureKyotoNaples, Florida
City population1,463,72319,115
People per km²1,768450
Museums within 10 km774
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months10 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.