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Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water
The Winchester Mystery House, San Jose
San JoseThe Winchester Mystery House

Photos: Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; San Jose by Roxanna Salceda, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Naples, Florida or San Jose?

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
  • wellness
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose San Jose for

  • day trips
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on San Jose’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 30: Naples, Florida leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Naples, Florida 46, San Jose 56: San Jose leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Naples, Florida 27, San Jose 36: San Jose leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Naples, Florida 20, San Jose 33: San Jose leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Naples, Florida 66, San Jose 72: San Jose leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Naples, Florida 43, San Jose 78: San Jose leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Naples, Florida 64, San Jose 65: San Jose leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Naples, Florida 22, San Jose 30: San Jose leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Naples, Florida and San Jose are level on 48.
Affordability. Naples, Florida 17, San Jose 20: San Jose leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Naples, Florida 40, San Jose 38: Naples, Florida leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Naples, Florida 45, San Jose 30: Naples, Florida leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Naples, Florida and San Jose.

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 wellness with your weighting.

San Jose
45match

Wins on day trips 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 in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
14 °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.

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: 1991-2020 normals, San Jose / Santa Clara Trailer Village (8.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNaples, FloridaSan Jose
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation-2 m25 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsMineta San Jose International Airport (SJC)8 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureNaples, FloridaSan Jose
City population19,1151,013,240
People per km²4502,167
Museums within 10 km419
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. 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.