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Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water
Painted colonial houses in the Pelourinho, Salvador
SalvadorPainted colonial houses in the Pelourinho

Photos: Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Salvador by Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Naples, Florida or Salvador?

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

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Salvador for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Salvador’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, Salvador 84: Naples, Florida leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Naples, Florida 46, Salvador 66: Salvador leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Naples, Florida 27, Salvador 74: Salvador leads by 47 points.
Nightlife. Naples, Florida 20, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Naples, Florida 66, Salvador 52: Naples, Florida leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Naples, Florida 43, Salvador 56: Salvador leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Naples, Florida 64, Salvador 42: Naples, Florida leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Naples, Florida 22, Salvador 42: Salvador leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Naples, Florida 48, Salvador 42: Naples, Florida leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Naples, Florida 17, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Naples, Florida 40, Salvador 63: Salvador leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Naples, Florida 45, Salvador 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 Salvador.

Your match

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

Naples, Florida
44match

Wins on families and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Salvador
Best match
58match

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
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Salvador in July

27 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
201 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
11 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.

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). Salvador: 1991-2020 normals, Salvador (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNaples, FloridaSalvador
Official language-Portuguese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number911Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation-2 m8 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsDeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SSA)20 km from centre31 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureNaples, FloridaSalvador
City population19,1152,417,678
People per km²4503,489
Museums within 10 km449
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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.