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The Royal Palace, Madrid
MadridThe Royal Palace
Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water

Photos: Madrid by Mert Ocak, Pexels License; Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Madrid 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 Madrid for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Naples, Florida for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Madrid 5, Naples, Florida 87: Naples, Florida leads by 82 points.
Food & drink. Madrid 80, Naples, Florida 46: Madrid leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Madrid 86, Naples, Florida 27: Madrid leads by 59 points.
Nightlife. Madrid 85, Naples, Florida 20: Madrid leads by 65 points.
Nature & outdoors. Madrid 60, Naples, Florida 66: Naples, Florida leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Madrid 89, Naples, Florida 43: Madrid leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Madrid 68, Naples, Florida 64: Madrid leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Madrid 84, Naples, Florida 22: Madrid leads by 62 points.
Shopping & style. Madrid 75, Naples, Florida 48: Madrid leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Madrid 50, Naples, Florida 17: Madrid leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Madrid 77, Naples, Florida 40: Madrid leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Madrid 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: Madrid and Naples, Florida.

Your match

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

Madrid
Best match
66match

Wins on nightlife and getting around with your weighting.

Naples, Florida
44match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Madrid in July

33 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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

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. Madrid: 1991-2020 normals, Madrid (1.7 km from centre). Naples, Florida: 2002-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Naples / East Naples (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMadridNaples, Florida
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation663 m-2 m
Main airportAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)14 km from centre239 non-stop destinationsSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMadridNaples, Florida
City population3,506,73019,115
People per km²5,801450
Museums within 10 km884
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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.