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Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water
The Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky, Xi'an
Xi'anThe Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky

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

Naples, Florida or Xi'an?

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
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Xi'an for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Xi'an’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, Xi'an 4: Naples, Florida leads by 83 points.
Food & drink. Naples, Florida 46, Xi'an 70: Xi'an leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Naples, Florida 27, Xi'an 81: Xi'an leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Naples, Florida 20, Xi'an 42: Xi'an leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Naples, Florida 66, Xi'an 62: Naples, Florida leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Naples, Florida 43, Xi'an 80: Xi'an leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Naples, Florida 64, Xi'an 48: Naples, Florida leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Naples, Florida 22, Xi'an 66: Xi'an leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Naples, Florida 48, Xi'an 50: Xi'an leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Naples, Florida 17, Xi'an 80: Xi'an leads by 63 points.
Live music & performing arts. Naples, Florida and Xi'an are level on 40.
Wellness & relaxation. Naples, Florida 45, Xi'an 40: Naples, Florida leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Naples, Florida and Xi'an.

Your match

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

Naples, Florida
44match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Xi'an
Best match
55match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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

Xi'an in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
96 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Xi'an: 1991-2020 normals, Xi'An (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNaples, FloridaXi'an
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 m405 m
Main airportSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsXi'an Xianyang International Airport (XIY)26 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureNaples, FloridaXi'an
City population19,11512,952,907
People per km²4501,283
Museums within 10 km49
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.