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Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water
São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral

Photos: Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Naples, Florida or Sao Paulo?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Sao Paulo for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Sao Paulo’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, Sao Paulo 42: Naples, Florida leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Naples, Florida 46, Sao Paulo 84: Sao Paulo leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Naples, Florida 27, Sao Paulo 60: Sao Paulo leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Naples, Florida 20, Sao Paulo 86: Sao Paulo leads by 66 points.
Nature & outdoors. Naples, Florida 66, Sao Paulo 48: Naples, Florida leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Naples, Florida 43, Sao Paulo 47: Sao Paulo leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Naples, Florida 64, Sao Paulo 52: Naples, Florida leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Naples, Florida 22, Sao Paulo 44: Sao Paulo leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Naples, Florida 48, Sao Paulo 70: Sao Paulo leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Naples, Florida 17, Sao Paulo 62: Sao Paulo leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Naples, Florida 40, Sao Paulo 76: Sao Paulo leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Naples, Florida 45, Sao Paulo 25: Naples, Florida leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Naples, Florida and Sao Paulo.

Your match

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

Naples, Florida
44match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Sao Paulo
Best match
58match

Wins on nightlife and prices 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

Sao Paulo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
53 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Naples, FloridaSao Paulo

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). Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNaples, FloridaSao Paulo
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 m760 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureNaples, FloridaSao Paulo
City population19,11511,451,999
People per km²4507,519
Museums within 10 km490
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.