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Castel Sant'Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino, Naples
NaplesCastel Sant'Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino
The skyline over the Schuylkill, Philadelphia
PhiladelphiaThe skyline over the Schuylkill

Photos: Naples by pietro scerrato, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Philadelphia by Trev W. Adams, Pexels License.

Naples or Philadelphia?

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 for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Philadelphia for

  • families
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Philadelphia’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 50, Philadelphia 36: Naples leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Naples 83, Philadelphia 62: Naples leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Naples 87, Philadelphia 72: Naples leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Naples 60, Philadelphia 55: Naples leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Naples 77, Philadelphia 52: Naples leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Naples 96, Philadelphia 80: Naples leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Naples 45, Philadelphia 68: Philadelphia leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Naples 54, Philadelphia 66: Philadelphia leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Naples 60, Philadelphia 57: Naples leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Naples 63, Philadelphia 40: Naples leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Naples 66, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Naples 44, Philadelphia 26: Naples leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Naples and Philadelphia.

Your match

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

Naples
Best match
65match

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

Philadelphia
57match

Wins on families 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 in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Philadelphia in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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 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.

Naples's sunshine is measured 28 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Naples: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Napoli / Capodichino (4.6 km from centre). Philadelphia: 1991-2020 normals, Philadelphia International Airport (11.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNaplesPhiladelphia
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation17 m12 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)7 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsPhiladelphia International Airport (PHL)11 km from centre129 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureNaplesPhiladelphia
City population913,4621,603,797
People per km²7,6764,339
Museums within 10 km6554
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km51
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.