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The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower
Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water

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

Nairobi 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 Nairobi for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Naples, Florida for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • day trips

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. Nairobi 4, Naples, Florida 87: Naples, Florida leads by 83 points.
Food & drink. Nairobi 48, Naples, Florida 46: Nairobi leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Nairobi 35, Naples, Florida 27: Nairobi leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Nairobi 58, Naples, Florida 20: Nairobi leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nairobi 84, Naples, Florida 66: Nairobi leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Nairobi 28, Naples, Florida 43: Naples, Florida leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Nairobi 55, Naples, Florida 64: Naples, Florida leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Nairobi 20, Naples, Florida 22: Naples, Florida leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Nairobi 45, Naples, Florida 48: Naples, Florida leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Nairobi 60, Naples, Florida 17: Nairobi leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nairobi 35, Naples, Florida 40: Naples, Florida leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nairobi 25, Naples, Florida 45: Naples, Florida leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nairobi and Naples, Florida.

Your match

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

Nairobi
41match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Naples, Florida
Best match
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.

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 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. Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre). Naples, Florida: 2002-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Naples / East Naples (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNairobiNaples, 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
Elevation1,661 m-2 m
Main airportJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureNairobiNaples, Florida
City population5,545,00019,115
People per km²7,967450
Museums within 10 km44
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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). 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.