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Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water
Palms on a white beach at Cap Cana, Punta Cana
Punta CanaPalms on a white beach at Cap Cana

Photos: Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Punta Cana by Mary Mark Ockerbloom, CC0.

Naples, Florida or Punta Cana?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Punta Cana for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Punta Cana’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, Punta Cana 94: Punta Cana leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Naples, Florida 46, Punta Cana 30: Naples, Florida leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Naples, Florida 27, Punta Cana 8: Naples, Florida leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Naples, Florida 20, Punta Cana 40: Punta Cana leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Naples, Florida 66, Punta Cana 52: Naples, Florida leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Naples, Florida 43, Punta Cana 35: Naples, Florida leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Naples, Florida 64, Punta Cana 68: Punta Cana leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Naples, Florida 22, Punta Cana 15: Naples, Florida leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Naples, Florida 48, Punta Cana 30: Naples, Florida leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Naples, Florida 17, Punta Cana 44: Punta Cana leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Naples, Florida 40, Punta Cana 15: Naples, Florida leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Naples, Florida 45, Punta Cana 52: Punta Cana leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Naples, Florida and Punta Cana.

Your match

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

Naples, Florida
Best match
44match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Punta Cana
40match

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
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Punta Cana in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
96 mmrain in the month
28 °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.

Punta Cana 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). Punta Cana: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Punta Cana (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNaples, FloridaPunta Cana
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number911911
Elevation-2 m28 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsPunta Cana International Airport (PUJ)1 km from centre93 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureNaples, FloridaPunta Cana
City population19,115138,919
People per km²450292
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. 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.