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Main Beach with its palms and lifeguard tower, Laguna Beach
Laguna BeachMain Beach with its palms and lifeguard tower
Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water

Photos: Laguna Beach by Mark Stebnicki, Pexels License; Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Laguna 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 Laguna Beach for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Naples, Florida for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • prices

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. Laguna Beach 72, Naples, Florida 87: Naples, Florida leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Laguna Beach 40, Naples, Florida 46: Naples, Florida leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Laguna Beach and Naples, Florida are level on 27.
Nightlife. Laguna Beach 18, Naples, Florida 20: Naples, Florida leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Laguna Beach 73, Naples, Florida 66: Laguna Beach leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Laguna Beach 72, Naples, Florida 43: Laguna Beach leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Laguna Beach 68, Naples, Florida 64: Laguna Beach leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Laguna Beach 33, Naples, Florida 22: Laguna Beach leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Laguna Beach 46, Naples, Florida 48: Naples, Florida leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Laguna Beach 12, Naples, Florida 17: Naples, Florida leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Laguna Beach and Naples, Florida are level on 40.
Wellness & relaxation. Laguna Beach 47, Naples, Florida 45: Laguna Beach leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Laguna 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, 2 points apart

Laguna Beach
46match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Naples, Florida
44match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Laguna Beach in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °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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Laguna BeachNaples, 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. Laguna Beach: 1981-2010 normals, Irvine (15.5 km from centre). Naples, Florida: 2002-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Naples / East Naples (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLaguna 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
Elevation6 m-2 m
Main airportJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)18 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

MeasureLaguna BeachNaples, Florida
City population23,03219,115
People per km²907450
Museums within 10 km24
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.