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Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water
The skyline over the Schuylkill, Philadelphia
PhiladelphiaThe skyline over the Schuylkill

Photos: Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Philadelphia by Trev W. Adams, Pexels License.

Naples, Florida or Philadelphia?

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
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Philadelphia for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Philadelphia’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, Philadelphia 36: Naples, Florida leads by 51 points.
Food & drink. Naples, Florida 46, Philadelphia 62: Philadelphia leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Naples, Florida 27, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 45 points.
Nightlife. Naples, Florida 20, Philadelphia 55: Philadelphia leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Naples, Florida 66, Philadelphia 52: Naples, Florida leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Naples, Florida 43, Philadelphia 80: Philadelphia leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Naples, Florida 64, Philadelphia 68: Philadelphia leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Naples, Florida 22, Philadelphia 66: Philadelphia leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Naples, Florida 48, Philadelphia 57: Philadelphia leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Naples, Florida 17, Philadelphia 40: Philadelphia leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Naples, Florida 40, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Naples, Florida 45, Philadelphia 26: Naples, Florida leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Naples, Florida and Philadelphia.

Your match

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

Naples, Florida
44match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Philadelphia
Best match
57match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around 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

Philadelphia in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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.

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). Philadelphia: 1991-2020 normals, Philadelphia International Airport (11.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNaples, FloridaPhiladelphia
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation-2 m12 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsPhiladelphia International Airport (PHL)11 km from centre129 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureNaples, FloridaPhiladelphia
City population19,1151,603,797
People per km²4504,339
Museums within 10 km454
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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.