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The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue
Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water

Photos: Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Mombasa 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 Mombasa for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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

Choose Naples, Florida for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

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. Mombasa 82, Naples, Florida 87: Naples, Florida leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Mombasa 60, Naples, Florida 46: Mombasa leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Mombasa 55, Naples, Florida 27: Mombasa leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Mombasa 46, Naples, Florida 20: Mombasa leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mombasa 74, Naples, Florida 66: Mombasa leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Mombasa 45, Naples, Florida 43: Mombasa leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Mombasa 45, Naples, Florida 64: Naples, Florida leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Mombasa 30, Naples, Florida 22: Mombasa leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Mombasa 35, Naples, Florida 48: Naples, Florida leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Mombasa 70, Naples, Florida 17: Mombasa leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mombasa 22, Naples, Florida 40: Naples, Florida leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mombasa 40, Naples, Florida 45: Naples, Florida leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mombasa and Naples, Florida.

Your match

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

Mombasa
Best match
50match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Naples, Florida
44match

Wins on families and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Mombasa in July

28 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
26 °Csea
12 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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MombasaNaples, Florida

Where the figures come from

Mombasa 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, 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. Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre). Naples, Florida: 2002-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Naples / East Naples (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMombasaNaples, Florida
Official languageEnglish, Swahili-
CurrencyKenyan Shilling (KES)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999911
Elevation50 m-2 m
Main airportMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMombasaNaples, Florida
City population1,208,33319,115
People per km²4,100450
Museums within 10 km04
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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.