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Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water
Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city

Photos: Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Naples, Florida or Scottsdale?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Scottsdale for

  • nightlife
  • wellness
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Scottsdale’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, Scottsdale 8: Naples, Florida leads by 79 points.
Food & drink. Naples, Florida and Scottsdale are level on 46.
Culture & sights. Naples, Florida 27, Scottsdale 38: Scottsdale leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Naples, Florida 20, Scottsdale 52: Scottsdale leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Naples, Florida 66, Scottsdale 68: Scottsdale leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Naples, Florida 43, Scottsdale 50: Scottsdale leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Naples, Florida 64, Scottsdale 60: Naples, Florida leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Naples, Florida 22, Scottsdale 20: Naples, Florida leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Naples, Florida 48, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Naples, Florida 17, Scottsdale 32: Scottsdale leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Naples, Florida and Scottsdale are level on 40.
Wellness & relaxation. Naples, Florida 45, Scottsdale 72: Scottsdale leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Naples, Florida and Scottsdale.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Naples, Florida
44match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Scottsdale
46match

Wins on nightlife and wellness 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

Scottsdale in July

41 °Cdaytime high
29 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 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). Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNaples, FloridaScottsdale
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number911911
Elevation-2 m380 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureNaples, FloridaScottsdale
City population19,115241,361
People per km²450-
Museums within 10 km410
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.