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Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water
The Metropolitan Cathedral of San Jose, San Jose, Costa Rica
San Jose, Costa RicaThe Metropolitan Cathedral of San Jose

Photos: Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; San Jose, Costa Rica by Bernard Gagnon, CC0.

Naples, Florida or San Jose, Costa Rica?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose San Jose, Costa Rica for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on San Jose, Costa Rica’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, San Jose, Costa Rica 12: Naples, Florida leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. Naples, Florida 46, San Jose, Costa Rica 42: Naples, Florida leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Naples, Florida 27, San Jose, Costa Rica 38: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Naples, Florida 20, San Jose, Costa Rica 40: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Naples, Florida 66, San Jose, Costa Rica 78: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Naples, Florida 43, San Jose, Costa Rica 52: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Naples, Florida 64, San Jose, Costa Rica 44: Naples, Florida leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Naples, Florida 22, San Jose, Costa Rica 30: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Naples, Florida 48, San Jose, Costa Rica 36: Naples, Florida leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Naples, Florida 17, San Jose, Costa Rica 54: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Naples, Florida 40, San Jose, Costa Rica 38: Naples, Florida leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Naples, Florida 45, San Jose, Costa Rica 28: Naples, Florida leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Naples, Florida and San Jose, Costa Rica.

Your match

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

Naples, Florida
Best match
44match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

San Jose, Costa Rica
41match

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
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

San Jose, Costa Rica in July

28 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
173 mmrain in the month
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Naples, FloridaSan Jose, Costa Rica

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.

San Jose, Costa Rica's station stands 241 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

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). San Jose, Costa Rica: 1991-2020 normals, Juan Santamaria (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNaples, FloridaSan Jose, Costa Rica
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Costa Rican Colon (CRC)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number911911
Elevation-2 m1,161 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsJuan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)16 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureNaples, FloridaSan Jose, Costa Rica
City population19,115335,007
People per km²4507,511
Museums within 10 km49
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.