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Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water
A madrasa and its minarets on the Registan, Samarkand
SamarkandA madrasa and its minarets on the Registan

Photos: Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Samarkand by Yaşar Başkurt, Pexels License.

Naples, Florida or Samarkand?

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 Samarkand for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Samarkand’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, Samarkand 4: Naples, Florida leads by 83 points.
Food & drink. Naples, Florida 46, Samarkand 54: Samarkand leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Naples, Florida 27, Samarkand 84: Samarkand leads by 57 points.
Nightlife. Naples, Florida 20, Samarkand 14: Naples, Florida leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Naples, Florida 66, Samarkand 40: Naples, Florida leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Naples, Florida 43, Samarkand 72: Samarkand leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Naples, Florida 64, Samarkand 30: Naples, Florida leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Naples, Florida 22, Samarkand 58: Samarkand leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Naples, Florida 48, Samarkand 42: Naples, Florida leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Naples, Florida 17, Samarkand 80: Samarkand leads by 63 points.
Live music & performing arts. Naples, Florida 40, Samarkand 24: Naples, Florida leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Naples, Florida 45, Samarkand 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 Samarkand.

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 families with your weighting.

Samarkand
45match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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

Samarkand in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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.

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). Samarkand: 1991-2020 normals, Samarkand (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNaples, FloridaSamarkand
Official language-Uzbek
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Uzbekistan Sum (UZS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+5
Emergency number911112
Elevation-2 m702 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsSamarkand International Airport (SKD)5 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureNaples, FloridaSamarkand
City population19,115546,303
People per km²4505,058
Museums within 10 km411
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C10 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.