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Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water
Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple

Photos: Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License.

Naples, Florida or Osaka?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Osaka for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Osaka’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, Osaka 34: Naples, Florida leads by 53 points.
Food & drink. Naples, Florida 46, Osaka 91: Osaka leads by 45 points.
Culture & sights. Naples, Florida 27, Osaka 63: Osaka leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Naples, Florida 20, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 60 points.
Nature & outdoors. Naples, Florida 66, Osaka 58: Naples, Florida leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Naples, Florida 43, Osaka 97: Osaka leads by 54 points.
Good for families. Naples, Florida 64, Osaka 88: Osaka leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Naples, Florida 22, Osaka 90: Osaka leads by 68 points.
Shopping & style. Naples, Florida 48, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Naples, Florida 17, Osaka 60: Osaka leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Naples, Florida 40, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Naples, Florida 45, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Naples, Florida and Osaka.

Your match

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

Naples, Florida
44match

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

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on getting around and nightlife 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
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °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). Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNaples, FloridaOsaka
Official language-Japanese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation-2 m20 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureNaples, FloridaOsaka
City population19,1152,751,862
People per km²45012,340
Museums within 10 km444
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km06
Swim season, months above 21 °C10 months5 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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.