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Castel Sant'Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino, Naples
NaplesCastel Sant'Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino
The US Capitol, Washington DC
Washington DCThe US Capitol

Photos: Naples by pietro scerrato, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Washington DC by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Naples or Washington DC?

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
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Washington DC for

  • families
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Washington DC’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, Washington DC 12: Naples leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Naples 83, Washington DC 67: Naples leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Naples 87, Washington DC 84: Naples leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Naples 60, Washington DC 57: Naples leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Naples 77, Washington DC 64: Naples leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Naples 96, Washington DC 73: Naples leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Naples 45, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Naples 54, Washington DC 72: Washington DC leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Naples 60, Washington DC 52: Naples leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Naples 63, Washington DC 28: Naples leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Naples 66, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Naples 44, Washington DC 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 Washington DC.

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 prices with your weighting.

Washington DC
56match

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

Washington DC in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
108 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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). Washington DC: 1991-2020 normals, Washington National Airport (5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNaplesWashington DC
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 m72 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)7 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsRonald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)5 km from centre105 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureNaplesWashington DC
City population913,462689,545
People per km²7,6763,896
Museums within 10 km6598
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months3 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.