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Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water
The Colosseum, Rome
RomeThe Colosseum

Photos: Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Rome by Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Naples, Florida or Rome?

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 Rome for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Rome’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, Rome 50: Naples, Florida leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Naples, Florida 46, Rome 82: Rome leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Naples, Florida 27, Rome 99: Rome leads by 72 points.
Nightlife. Naples, Florida 20, Rome 58: Rome leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Naples, Florida 66, Rome 58: Naples, Florida leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Naples, Florida 43, Rome 92: Rome leads by 49 points.
Good for families. Naples, Florida 64, Rome 50: Naples, Florida leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Naples, Florida 22, Rome 60: Rome leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Naples, Florida 48, Rome 72: Rome leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Naples, Florida 17, Rome 38: Rome leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Naples, Florida 40, Rome 68: Rome leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Naples, Florida 45, Rome 40: Naples, Florida leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Naples, Florida and Rome.

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.

Rome
Best match
64match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips 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

Rome in July

31 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
21 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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.

Rome's sunshine is measured 31 km from the centre, at Vigna Di Valle.

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). Rome: 1991-2020 normals, Roma / Ciampino (15.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNaples, FloridaRome
Official language-Italian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation-2 m21 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsRome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO)23 km from centre242 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureNaples, FloridaRome
City population19,1152,748,109
People per km²4502,135
Museums within 10 km4178
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km07
Swim season, months above 21 °C10 months5 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.