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Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water
The Oriental Pearl Tower and Shanghai Tower, Shanghai
ShanghaiThe Oriental Pearl Tower and Shanghai Tower

Photos: Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Shanghai by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Naples, Florida or Shanghai?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Shanghai for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Shanghai’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, Shanghai 10: Naples, Florida leads by 77 points.
Food & drink. Naples, Florida 46, Shanghai 88: Shanghai leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Naples, Florida 27, Shanghai 72: Shanghai leads by 45 points.
Nightlife. Naples, Florida 20, Shanghai 80: Shanghai leads by 60 points.
Nature & outdoors. Naples, Florida 66, Shanghai 25: Naples, Florida leads by 41 points.
Day trips. Naples, Florida 43, Shanghai 90: Shanghai leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Naples, Florida 64, Shanghai 80: Shanghai leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Naples, Florida 22, Shanghai 85: Shanghai leads by 63 points.
Shopping & style. Naples, Florida 48, Shanghai 82: Shanghai leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Naples, Florida 17, Shanghai 55: Shanghai leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Naples, Florida 40, Shanghai 66: Shanghai leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Naples, Florida 45, Shanghai 55: Shanghai leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Naples, Florida and Shanghai.

Your match

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

Naples, Florida
44match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Shanghai
Best match
66match

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

Shanghai in July

33 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
151 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
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). Shanghai: 1991-2020 normals, Shanghai / Hongqiao (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNaples, FloridaShanghai
Official language-Putonghua
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation-2 m4 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsShanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)33 km from centre207 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureNaples, FloridaShanghai
City population19,11524,870,895
People per km²4503,922
Museums within 10 km445
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C10 months5 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.