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Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water
The beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier, Virginia Beach
Virginia BeachThe beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier

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

Naples, Florida or Virginia Beach?

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

  • shopping
  • wellness
  • beaches

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

Choose Virginia Beach for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Virginia Beach’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, Virginia Beach 77: Naples, Florida leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Naples, Florida 46, Virginia Beach 42: Naples, Florida leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Naples, Florida 27, Virginia Beach 30: Virginia Beach leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Naples, Florida 20, Virginia Beach 37: Virginia Beach leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Naples, Florida 66, Virginia Beach 56: Naples, Florida leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Naples, Florida 43, Virginia Beach 64: Virginia Beach leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Naples, Florida 64, Virginia Beach 75: Virginia Beach leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Naples, Florida 22, Virginia Beach 27: Virginia Beach leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Naples, Florida 48, Virginia Beach 32: Naples, Florida leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Naples, Florida 17, Virginia Beach 40: Virginia Beach leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Naples, Florida 40, Virginia Beach 38: Naples, Florida leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Naples, Florida 45, Virginia Beach 32: Naples, Florida leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Naples, Florida and Virginia Beach.

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 shopping and wellness with your weighting.

Virginia Beach
46match

Wins on prices and day trips 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

Virginia Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
152 mmrain in the month
25 °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). Virginia Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Virginia Beach / Gatewood Park (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNaples, FloridaVirginia Beach
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation-2 m7 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsNorfolk International Airport (ORF)20 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureNaples, FloridaVirginia Beach
City population19,115459,470
People per km²450-
Museums within 10 km42
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C10 months4 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.