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Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water
La Concha beach and Monte Urgull, San Sebastian
San SebastianLa Concha beach and Monte Urgull

Photos: Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; San Sebastian by Guérin Nicolas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Naples, Florida or San Sebastian?

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

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

Choose San Sebastian for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on San Sebastian’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 Sebastian 68: Naples, Florida leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Naples, Florida 46, San Sebastian 88: San Sebastian leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Naples, Florida 27, San Sebastian 52: San Sebastian leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Naples, Florida 20, San Sebastian 44: San Sebastian leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Naples, Florida 66, San Sebastian 72: San Sebastian leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Naples, Florida 43, San Sebastian 80: San Sebastian leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Naples, Florida 64, San Sebastian 66: San Sebastian leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Naples, Florida 22, San Sebastian 80: San Sebastian leads by 58 points.
Shopping & style. Naples, Florida 48, San Sebastian 40: Naples, Florida leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Naples, Florida 17, San Sebastian 32: San Sebastian leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Naples, Florida 40, San Sebastian 45: San Sebastian leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Naples, Florida 45, San Sebastian 50: San Sebastian leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Naples, Florida and San Sebastian.

Your match

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

Naples, Florida
44match

Wins on beaches and shopping with your weighting.

San Sebastian
Best match
60match

Wins on getting around and food and drink 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

San Sebastian in July

22 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
92 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
21 °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.

San Sebastian's station stands 252 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer 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 Sebastian: 1991-2020 normals, San Sebastian / Igueldo (6.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNaples, FloridaSan Sebastian
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation-2 m6 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsSan Sebastián Airport (EAS)16 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureNaples, FloridaSan Sebastian
City population19,115189,866
People per km²4503,118
Museums within 10 km414
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C10 months2 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.