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The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower
Castel Sant'Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino, Naples
NaplesCastel Sant'Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino

Photos: Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Naples by pietro scerrato, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Nairobi 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 Nairobi for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Naples for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • beaches

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. Nairobi 4, Naples 50: Naples leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Nairobi 48, Naples 83: Naples leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Nairobi 35, Naples 87: Naples leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Nairobi 58, Naples 60: Naples leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nairobi 84, Naples 77: Nairobi leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Nairobi 28, Naples 96: Naples leads by 68 points.
Good for families. Nairobi 55, Naples 45: Nairobi leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Nairobi 20, Naples 54: Naples leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Nairobi 45, Naples 60: Naples leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Nairobi 60, Naples 63: Naples leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nairobi 35, Naples 66: Naples leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nairobi 25, Naples 44: Naples leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nairobi and Naples.

Your match

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

Nairobi
41match

Wins on families and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Naples
Best match
65match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights 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 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. Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre). Naples: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Napoli / Capodichino (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNairobiNaples
Official languageEnglish, SwahiliItalian
CurrencyKenyan Shilling (KES)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999112
Elevation1,661 m17 m
Main airportJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsNaples International Airport (NAP)7 km from centre131 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureNairobiNaples
City population5,545,000913,462
People per km²7,9677,676
Museums within 10 km465
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
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). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.