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Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water
The old Bath House in the Government Gardens, Rotorua
RotoruaThe old Bath House in the Government Gardens

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

Naples, Florida or Rotorua?

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
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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

Choose Rotorua for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Rotorua’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, Rotorua 33: Naples, Florida leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Naples, Florida 46, Rotorua 33: Naples, Florida leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Naples, Florida 27, Rotorua 38: Rotorua leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Naples, Florida 20, Rotorua 14: Naples, Florida leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Naples, Florida 66, Rotorua 86: Rotorua leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Naples, Florida 43, Rotorua 45: Rotorua leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Naples, Florida 64, Rotorua 68: Rotorua leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Naples, Florida 22, Rotorua 30: Rotorua leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Naples, Florida 48, Rotorua 22: Naples, Florida leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Naples, Florida 17, Rotorua 36: Rotorua leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Naples, Florida 40, Rotorua 30: Naples, Florida leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Naples, Florida 45, Rotorua 86: Rotorua leads by 41 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Naples, Florida and Rotorua.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Naples, Florida
44match

Wins on beaches and shopping with your weighting.

Rotorua
43match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors 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

Rotorua in July

11 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
113 mmrain in the month
15 °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.

Rotorua has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

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). Rotorua: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureNaples, FloridaRotorua
Official language-English, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number911111
Elevation-2 m280 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsRotorua Regional Airport (ROT)7 km from centre3 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureNaples, FloridaRotorua
City population19,11558,500
People per km²45022
Museums within 10 km41
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C10 monthsNone

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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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.