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Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water
A chairlift and the runs on Whistler Mountain, Whistler
WhistlerA chairlift and the runs on Whistler Mountain

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

Naples, Florida or Whistler?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

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

Choose Whistler for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Whistler’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, Whistler 30: Naples, Florida leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Naples, Florida 46, Whistler 40: Naples, Florida leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Naples, Florida 27, Whistler 20: Naples, Florida leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Naples, Florida 20, Whistler 42: Whistler leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Naples, Florida 66, Whistler 97: Whistler leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Naples, Florida 43, Whistler 30: Naples, Florida leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Naples, Florida 64, Whistler 68: Whistler leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Naples, Florida 22, Whistler 68: Whistler leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Naples, Florida 48, Whistler 30: Naples, Florida leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Naples, Florida 17, Whistler 12: Naples, Florida leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Naples, Florida 40, Whistler 15: Naples, Florida leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Naples, Florida 45, Whistler 60: Whistler leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Naples, Florida and Whistler.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Naples, Florida
44match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Whistler
43match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors 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

Whistler in July

25 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Naples, FloridaWhistler

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.

Whistler 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). Whistler: 1991-2020 normals, Whistler - Nesters (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNaples, FloridaWhistler
Official language-French, English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation-2 m670 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)104 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureNaples, FloridaWhistler
City population19,11513,982
People per km²45058
Museums within 10 km41
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.