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Castel Sant'Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino, Naples
NaplesCastel Sant'Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino
The Warrior on a Horse, Macedonia Square, Skopje
SkopjeThe Warrior on a Horse, Macedonia Square

Photos: Naples by pietro scerrato, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Skopje by George M. Groutas, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Naples or Skopje?

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

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Skopje for

  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Skopje’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, Skopje 6: Naples leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Naples 83, Skopje 52: Naples leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Naples 87, Skopje 56: Naples leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Naples 60, Skopje 42: Naples leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Naples 77, Skopje 70: Naples leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Naples 96, Skopje 56: Naples leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Naples 45, Skopje 35: Naples leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Naples 54, Skopje 45: Naples leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Naples 60, Skopje 40: Naples leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Naples 63, Skopje 80: Skopje leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Naples 66, Skopje 38: Naples leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Naples 44, Skopje 27: Naples leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Naples and Skopje.

Your match

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

Naples
Best match
65match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Skopje
46match

Wins on prices 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

Skopje in July

32 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
11 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.

Skopje 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.

Skopje's sunshine is measured 68 km from the centre, at Stip.

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). Skopje: 1991-2020 (sunshine 1961-1990) normals, Skopje-Petrovec (18.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNaplesSkopje
Official languageItalianAlbanian, Macedonian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Denar (MKD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation17 m251 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)7 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsSkopje International Airport (SKP)16 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureNaplesSkopje
City population913,462422,540
People per km²7,676739
Museums within 10 km6517
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.