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Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water
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Photos: Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Naples, Florida or Palm Springs?

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
  • families
  • food and drink

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

Choose Palm Springs for

  • wellness
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Palm Springs’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, Palm Springs 7: Naples, Florida leads by 80 points.
Food & drink. Naples, Florida 46, Palm Springs 40: Naples, Florida leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Naples, Florida 27, Palm Springs 42: Palm Springs leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Naples, Florida 20, Palm Springs 36: Palm Springs leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Naples, Florida 66, Palm Springs 78: Palm Springs leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Naples, Florida 43, Palm Springs 38: Naples, Florida leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Naples, Florida 64, Palm Springs 40: Naples, Florida leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Naples, Florida and Palm Springs are level on 22.
Shopping & style. Naples, Florida 48, Palm Springs 44: Naples, Florida leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Naples, Florida 17, Palm Springs 32: Palm Springs leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Naples, Florida and Palm Springs are level on 40.
Wellness & relaxation. Naples, Florida 45, Palm Springs 80: Palm Springs leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Naples, Florida and Palm Springs.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Naples, Florida
44match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Palm Springs
42match

Wins on wellness 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
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Palm Springs in July

42 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
No seasea
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.

Palm Springs 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). Palm Springs: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Palm Springs (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNaples, FloridaPalm Springs
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 m146 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsPalm Springs International Airport (PSP)2 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureNaples, FloridaPalm Springs
City population19,11544,575
People per km²450181
Museums within 10 km43
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C10 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.