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Castel Sant'Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino, Naples
NaplesCastel Sant'Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino
The Limmat from Quaibrücke, Zurich
ZurichThe Limmat from Quaibrücke

Photos: Naples by pietro scerrato, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Zurich by Daniel Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Naples or Zurich?

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

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Zurich for

  • getting around
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Zurich’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, Zurich 45: Naples leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Naples 83, Zurich 53: Naples leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Naples 87, Zurich 58: Naples leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Naples 60, Zurich 62: Zurich leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Naples 77, Zurich 80: Zurich leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Naples 96, Zurich 84: Naples leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Naples 45, Zurich 76: Zurich leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Naples 54, Zurich 95: Zurich leads by 41 points.
Shopping & style. Naples 60, Zurich 66: Zurich leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Naples 63, Zurich 3: Naples leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Naples 66, Zurich 70: Zurich leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Naples 44, Zurich 58: Zurich leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Naples and Zurich.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Naples
65match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Zurich
63match

Wins on getting around and families 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

Zurich in July

24 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
126 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). Zurich: 1991-2020 normals, Zurich Town / Ville. (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNaplesZurich
Official languageItalianFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation17 m408 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)7 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)9 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureNaplesZurich
City population913,462440,935
People per km²7,6765,016
Museums within 10 km6563
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.