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Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water
Kek Lok Si temple on the hillside, Penang
PenangKek Lok Si temple on the hillside

Photos: Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Penang by Supanut Arunoprayote, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Naples, Florida or Penang?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Penang for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Penang’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, Penang 44: Naples, Florida leads by 43 points.
Food & drink. Naples, Florida 46, Penang 86: Penang leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Naples, Florida 27, Penang 70: Penang leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Naples, Florida 20, Penang 40: Penang leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Naples, Florida 66, Penang 55: Naples, Florida leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Naples, Florida 43, Penang 42: Naples, Florida leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Naples, Florida 64, Penang 52: Naples, Florida leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Naples, Florida 22, Penang 40: Penang leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Naples, Florida 48, Penang 42: Naples, Florida leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Naples, Florida 17, Penang 78: Penang leads by 61 points.
Live music & performing arts. Naples, Florida 40, Penang 30: Naples, Florida leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Naples, Florida 45, Penang 42: Naples, Florida leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Naples, Florida and Penang.

Your match

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

Naples, Florida
44match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Penang
Best match
52match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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

Penang in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
189 mmrain in the month
30 °Csea
12 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). Penang: 1991-2020 normals, Penang / Bayan Lepas (14.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNaples, FloridaPenang
Official language-Malay
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911999
Elevation-2 m4 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsPenang International Airport (PEN)14 km from centre32 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureNaples, FloridaPenang
City population19,115794,313
People per km²450-
Museums within 10 km49
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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. 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.