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Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water
The Sanctuary of Truth by the sea, Pattaya
PattayaThe Sanctuary of Truth by the sea

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

Naples, Florida or Pattaya?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Pattaya for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Pattaya’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, Pattaya 66: Naples, Florida leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Naples, Florida 46, Pattaya 58: Pattaya leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Naples, Florida 27, Pattaya 30: Pattaya leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Naples, Florida 20, Pattaya 76: Pattaya leads by 56 points.
Nature & outdoors. Naples, Florida 66, Pattaya 40: Naples, Florida leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Naples, Florida 43, Pattaya 52: Pattaya leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Naples, Florida 64, Pattaya 55: Naples, Florida leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Naples, Florida 22, Pattaya 36: Pattaya leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Naples, Florida 48, Pattaya 42: Naples, Florida leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Naples, Florida 17, Pattaya 84: Pattaya leads by 67 points.
Live music & performing arts. Naples, Florida 40, Pattaya 30: Naples, Florida leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Naples, Florida 45, Pattaya 58: Pattaya leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Naples, Florida and Pattaya.

Your match

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

Naples, Florida
44match

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

Pattaya
Best match
52match

Wins on prices 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

Pattaya in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
102 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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.

Pattaya's temperatures are measured 31 km from the centre, at Sattahip.

Pattaya 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.

Pattaya's sunshine is measured 86 km from the centre, at Bangna Agromet / Ban Khlong Samrong.

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). Pattaya: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1961-1990, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sattahip (31.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNaples, FloridaPattaya
Official language-Thai
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Baht (THB)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzABCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number911Police 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199
Elevation-2 m35 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)83 km from centre150 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureNaples, FloridaPattaya
City population19,115119,532
People per km²450-
Museums within 10 km40
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C10 months12 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.