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Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water
Hanok houses in Bukchon, Seoul
SeoulHanok houses in Bukchon

Photos: Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Seoul by 거열 박, Pexels License.

Naples, Florida or Seoul?

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

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

Choose Seoul for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Seoul’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, Seoul 18: Naples, Florida leads by 69 points.
Food & drink. Naples, Florida 46, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Naples, Florida 27, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Naples, Florida 20, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 64 points.
Nature & outdoors. Naples, Florida 66, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Naples, Florida 43, Seoul 77: Seoul leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Naples, Florida 64, Seoul 80: Seoul leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Naples, Florida 22, Seoul 87: Seoul leads by 65 points.
Shopping & style. Naples, Florida 48, Seoul 85: Seoul leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Naples, Florida 17, Seoul 50: Seoul leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Naples, Florida 40, Seoul 63: Seoul leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Naples, Florida 45, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Naples, Florida and Seoul.

Your match

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

Naples, Florida
44match

Wins on beaches with your weighting.

Seoul
Best match
71match

Wins on getting around 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
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Seoul in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
422 mmrain in the month
4 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.

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). Seoul: 1991-2020 normals, Seoul (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNaples, FloridaSeoul
Official language-Korean, Korean Sign Language
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Won (KRW)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number911Police 112, ambulance 119, fire 119
Elevation-2 m38 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsIncheon International Airport (ICN)49 km from centre162 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureNaples, FloridaSeoul
City population19,1159,668,465
People per km²45015,973
Museums within 10 km481
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
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. 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.