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Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water
The old railway depot in the snow, Steamboat Springs
Steamboat SpringsThe old railway depot in the snow

Photos: Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Steamboat Springs by Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Naples, Florida or Steamboat Springs?

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
  • day trips
  • shopping

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

Choose Steamboat Springs for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Steamboat Springs’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, Steamboat Springs 7: Naples, Florida leads by 80 points.
Food & drink. Naples, Florida 46, Steamboat Springs 30: Naples, Florida leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Naples, Florida 27, Steamboat Springs 14: Naples, Florida leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Naples, Florida and Steamboat Springs are level on 20.
Nature & outdoors. Naples, Florida 66, Steamboat Springs 88: Steamboat Springs leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Naples, Florida 43, Steamboat Springs 12: Naples, Florida leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Naples, Florida 64, Steamboat Springs 62: Naples, Florida leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Naples, Florida 22, Steamboat Springs 46: Steamboat Springs leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Naples, Florida 48, Steamboat Springs 22: Naples, Florida leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Naples, Florida and Steamboat Springs are level on 17.
Live music & performing arts. Naples, Florida 40, Steamboat Springs 28: Naples, Florida leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Naples, Florida 45, Steamboat Springs 70: Steamboat Springs leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Naples, Florida and Steamboat Springs.

Your match

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

Naples, Florida
Best match
44match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Steamboat Springs
35match

Wins on wellness and getting around 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

Steamboat Springs in July

28 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Naples, FloridaSteamboat Springs

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.

Steamboat Springs 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). Steamboat Springs: 2011-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Steamboat Springs / Steamboat Ii (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNaples, FloridaSteamboat Springs
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation-2 m2,052 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsYampa Valley Airport (HDN)33 km from centre17 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureNaples, FloridaSteamboat Springs
City population19,11513,224
People per km²450503
Museums within 10 km40
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.