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Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water
Punta del Este

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

Naples, Florida or Punta del Este?

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
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose Punta del Este for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Punta del Este’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 del Este 72: Naples, Florida leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Naples, Florida 46, Punta del Este 45: Naples, Florida leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Naples, Florida 27, Punta del Este 22: Naples, Florida leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Naples, Florida 20, Punta del Este 60: Punta del Este leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Naples, Florida 66, Punta del Este 55: Naples, Florida leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Naples, Florida 43, Punta del Este 45: Punta del Este leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Naples, Florida 64, Punta del Este 55: Naples, Florida leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Naples, Florida 22, Punta del Este 35: Punta del Este leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Naples, Florida 48, Punta del Este 42: Naples, Florida leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Naples, Florida 17, Punta del Este 20: Punta del Este leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Naples, Florida 40, Punta del Este 22: Naples, Florida leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Naples, Florida 45, Punta del Este 32: Naples, Florida 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 Punta del Este.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Naples, Florida
44match

Wins on live music and the arts and beaches with your weighting.

Punta del Este
42match

Wins on nightlife 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

Punta del Este in July

15 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
101 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 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 del Este's temperatures are measured 79 km from the centre, at Rocha.

Punta del Este 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 del Este: 1991-2020 normals, Rocha (78.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNaples, FloridaPunta del Este
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number911911
Elevation-2 m11 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsCapitan Corbeta CA Curbelo International Airport (PDP)18 km from centre6 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureNaples, FloridaPunta del Este
City population19,1159,277
People per km²450455
Museums within 10 km45
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C10 months3 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.