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Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water
Waterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor, Newport Beach
Newport BeachWaterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor

Photos: Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Newport Beach by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Naples, Florida or Newport Beach?

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 Naples, Florida for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Naples, Florida’s own page.

Choose Newport Beach for

  • day trips
  • families
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Newport Beach’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. Naples, Florida 87, Newport Beach 70: Naples, Florida leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Naples, Florida 46, Newport Beach 50: Newport Beach leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Naples, Florida 27, Newport Beach 20: Naples, Florida leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Naples, Florida 20, Newport Beach 33: Newport Beach leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Naples, Florida and Newport Beach are level on 66.
Day trips. Naples, Florida 43, Newport Beach 70: Newport Beach leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Naples, Florida 64, Newport Beach 80: Newport Beach leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Naples, Florida 22, Newport Beach 20: Naples, Florida leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Naples, Florida 48, Newport Beach 62: Newport Beach leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Naples, Florida 17, Newport Beach 15: Naples, Florida leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Naples, Florida 40, Newport Beach 46: Newport Beach leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Naples, Florida 45, Newport Beach 44: Naples, Florida leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Naples, Florida and Newport Beach.

Your match

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

Naples, Florida
44match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Newport Beach
Best match
48match

Wins on day trips 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.

Naples, Florida in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Newport Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
20 °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. Naples, Florida: 2002-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Naples / East Naples (2.3 km from centre). Newport Beach: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1981-2010) normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNaples, FloridaNewport Beach
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation-2 m3 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)7 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureNaples, FloridaNewport Beach
City population19,11585,239
People per km²450622
Museums within 10 km44
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C10 monthsNone

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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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.