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Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water
Palermo Cathedral, Palermo
PalermoPalermo Cathedral

Photos: Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Palermo by Antonino Giangrasso, Pexels License.

Naples, Florida or Palermo?

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

  • families
  • wellness
  • beaches

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

Choose Palermo for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Palermo’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, Palermo 77: Naples, Florida leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Naples, Florida 46, Palermo 81: Palermo leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Naples, Florida 27, Palermo 80: Palermo leads by 53 points.
Nightlife. Naples, Florida 20, Palermo 58: Palermo leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Naples, Florida 66, Palermo 72: Palermo leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Naples, Florida 43, Palermo 84: Palermo leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Naples, Florida 64, Palermo 44: Naples, Florida leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Naples, Florida 22, Palermo 50: Palermo leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Naples, Florida 48, Palermo 44: Naples, Florida leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Naples, Florida 17, Palermo 63: Palermo leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Naples, Florida 40, Palermo 62: Palermo leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Naples, Florida 45, Palermo 30: Naples, Florida leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Naples, Florida and Palermo.

Your match

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

Naples, Florida
44match

Wins on families and wellness with your weighting.

Palermo
Best match
62match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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

Palermo in July

29 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
26 °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, 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.

Palermo 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.

Palermo's sunshine is measured 67 km from the centre, at Ustica.

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). Palermo: 1991-2020 (sunshine 1961-1990) normals, Palermo / Punta Raisi (24.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNaples, FloridaPalermo
Official language-Italian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation-2 m14 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsFalcone–Borsellino Airport (PMO)25 km from centre106 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureNaples, FloridaPalermo
City population19,115630,167
People per km²4503,924
Museums within 10 km442
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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. 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.

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.