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Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water
Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown

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

Naples, Florida or Portland?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Portland for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Portland’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, Portland 20: Naples, Florida leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Naples, Florida 46, Portland 68: Portland leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Naples, Florida 27, Portland 38: Portland leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Naples, Florida 20, Portland 52: Portland leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Naples, Florida 66, Portland 84: Portland leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Naples, Florida 43, Portland 58: Portland leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Naples, Florida 64, Portland 55: Naples, Florida leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Naples, Florida 22, Portland 62: Portland leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Naples, Florida 48, Portland 52: Portland leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Naples, Florida 17, Portland 38: Portland leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Naples, Florida 40, Portland 55: Portland leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Naples, Florida 45, Portland 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 Portland.

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.

Portland
Best match
52match

Wins on getting around 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

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Naples, FloridaPortland

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). Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNaples, FloridaPortland
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 m152 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureNaples, FloridaPortland
City population19,115652,503
People per km²4501,736
Museums within 10 km417
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.