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Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple
Castel Sant'Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino, Naples
NaplesCastel Sant'Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino

Photos: Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Naples by pietro scerrato, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Luang Prabang or Naples?

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 Luang Prabang for

  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Naples for

  • day trips
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Naples’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. Luang Prabang 14, Naples 50: Naples leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Luang Prabang 42, Naples 83: Naples leads by 41 points.
Culture & sights. Luang Prabang 65, Naples 87: Naples leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Luang Prabang 8, Naples 60: Naples leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luang Prabang 68, Naples 77: Naples leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Luang Prabang 35, Naples 96: Naples leads by 61 points.
Good for families. Luang Prabang 38, Naples 45: Naples leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Luang Prabang 50, Naples 54: Naples leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Luang Prabang 38, Naples 60: Naples leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Luang Prabang 80, Naples 63: Luang Prabang leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luang Prabang 18, Naples 66: Naples leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luang Prabang 60, Naples 44: Luang Prabang leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luang Prabang and Naples.

Your match

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

Luang Prabang
43match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Naples
Best match
65match

Wins on day trips and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Luang Prabang in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
250 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Naples in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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 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.

Naples's sunshine is measured 28 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre). Naples: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Napoli / Capodichino (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuang PrabangNaples
Official languageLaoItalian
CurrencyLao Kip (LAK)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABCEF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 195, fire 190112
Elevation305 m17 m
Main airportLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinationsNaples International Airport (NAP)7 km from centre131 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuang PrabangNaples
City population53,792913,462
People per km²-7,676
Museums within 10 km065
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.