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La Major cathedral from the harbour, Marseille
MarseilleLa Major cathedral from the harbour
Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water

Photos: Marseille by Charlotte Noblet, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Marseille 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 Marseille for

  • day trips
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Naples, Florida for

  • beaches
  • families
  • wellness

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. Marseille 72, Naples, Florida 87: Naples, Florida leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Marseille 67, Naples, Florida 46: Marseille leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Marseille 63, Naples, Florida 27: Marseille leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Marseille 57, Naples, Florida 20: Marseille leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marseille 83, Naples, Florida 66: Marseille leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Marseille 86, Naples, Florida 43: Marseille leads by 43 points.
Good for families. Marseille 50, Naples, Florida 64: Naples, Florida leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Marseille 57, Naples, Florida 22: Marseille leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Marseille 47, Naples, Florida 48: Naples, Florida leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Marseille 45, Naples, Florida 17: Marseille leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marseille 56, Naples, Florida 40: Marseille leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marseille 37, Naples, Florida 45: Naples, Florida leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marseille and Naples, Florida.

Your match

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

Marseille
Best match
60match

Wins on day trips and nightlife 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.

Marseille in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
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. Marseille: 1991-2020 normals, Marseille / Marignane (20.6 km from centre). Naples, Florida: 2002-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Naples / East Naples (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarseilleNaples, Florida
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m-2 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)21 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarseilleNaples, Florida
City population886,04019,115
People per km²3,683450
Museums within 10 km274
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months10 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). 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. 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.