Orlando vs Naples golf: two Florida golf trips and winters compared

Orlando vs Naples golf comes down to access against warmth. Orlando has far more courses a visitor can book, 90-day windows at Disney and the parks for families; Naples is warmer in winter (about 3F by day and 6F at dawn in January) and drier, but most of its courses are private. For a buddies trip or a family trip, Orlando wins; for a quiet, warm winter, Naples has the edge.

This Orlando vs Naples golf guide compares the two towns on weather, access, green fees, maintenance closures, airports and stays. Orlando figures come from our Orlando research files; Naples figures come from our Naples guides, all read in November 2026. Rates change, so treat every price as a snapshot.

Quick facts

• Winter weather: January about 71.8F / 49.5F in Orlando, 74.8F / 55.9F in Naples.
• Courses a visitor can book: 70 of 86 on the Orlando map; 37 of 145 on the Naples map, plus 5 for resort guests.
• Peak public green fee seen: Providence $149 (Orlando); Stoneybrook $199 (Naples).
• Overseed closures: common at Orlando resort courses in November-December; rare in Naples.
• Airport: MCO (57.7 million passengers in 2025); RSW (11.2 million).
• Time zone: both Eastern, the same as Ontario and Quebec.

Orlando vs Naples golf at a glance

Weather figures are NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Orlando International and Naples Municipal Airport. Orlando counts: 44 public, 13 semi-private, 13 resort, 6 guest-only and 10 private on our map.

Weather: Naples is warmer in winter, both are hot in summer

Naples is the warmer winter. January averages about 75F by day and 56F at dawn there, against 72F and 50F at Orlando, and Naples sees 4 to 5 rain days a month in winter against Orlando's 6 to 7. In Orlando, a strong cold front can drop dawns near freezing and delay first tee times for frost; for a snowbird who hates cold mornings, that matters.

By April the gap closes (83.6F in Orlando, 83.8F in Naples), and summer is much the same in both: highs around 90F to 92F, about 14 to 19 rain days a month and afternoon thunderstorms with lightning. Both sit in hurricane season from June 1 to November 30. Details are in Orlando weather by month and Naples weather by month.

Access: Orlando lets you book far more

This is the biggest difference. In Naples, most courses are private or bundled with a home, and a visitor works with a few dozen public courses plus three resort routes: Tiburón for guests of the two Ritz-Carltons, LaPlaya Golf Club for LaPlaya guests, and the Rookery and Hammock Bay for JW Marriott Marco Island guests.

Orlando has its own guest-only courses: Bay Hill for Lodge guests, Tranquilo for Four Seasons guests, and Reunion's three courses, such as the Palmer, for Reunion Resort guests and partner vacation-home renters. But around them sit dozens of courses anyone can book: Disney's Magnolia, Palm and Lake Buena Vista, Orange County National's two 18s, Shingle Creek, Grande Lakes, the Omni's ChampionsGate courses, and a long list of daily-fee courses from Kissimmee to Clermont and Sanford. Disney opens tee times 90 days ahead and Grande Lakes about four months, much longer than the 3 to 7 days common in Naples. See Orlando golf courses.

Green fees: similar seasons, different ceilings

Both towns follow the same calendar: shoulder in November and December, peak from January to April with February and March the dearest, and the lowest rates from June to September. The published numbers differ:

At the top end, Orlando's Grande Lakes was quoted at $299-375 for the public in 2025 guides, and Streamsong, two hours south, is $445 for day guests at peak. Naples' Tiburón publishes no rates; a planning guide put it at roughly $99 in summer to $300 or more in season. The Magnolia course guide and the Grande Lakes course guide cover two of Orlando's best-known public courses. On price, Orlando vs Naples golf is close at the public level. For the full picture, compare Orlando golf rates with Naples golf rates.

Maintenance: Orlando closes in fall, Naples in summer

A number of Orlando resort and high-end courses overseed bermuda with ryegrass in the fall so they stay green through January-February frosts, closing for a few days to about three weeks between late October and mid-December. In 2026, Disney's Palm is closed November 9-27 and Magnolia December 1-18. Naples courses almost never overseed, so there are no autumn closures there; their maintenance season is summer, when most courses aerify. If you plan a November or early December trip, Naples has fewer surprises. See Orlando golf in November.

Getting there

Orlando International handled 57,675,573 passengers in 2025, with Canadian nonstops from Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and Calgary plus seasonal routes, and UK flights from Gatwick, Heathrow and Manchester. It is 28 minutes from downtown Orlando and 29 from Disney Springs. Fort Myers RSW handled 11,154,458, with Toronto nonstops on three carriers and seasonal Montreal and Ottawa, and is 48 minutes from downtown Naples. Driving from Toronto is about 2,052 km to Orlando and 2,397 km to Naples. See flights to Orlando for golf and flights to Fort Myers.

Trips, families and snowbirds

• Buddies trip: Orlando. More bookable courses, 36-hole days at Orange County National and the Omni, and big vacation homes in ChampionsGate, Reunion and Davenport. The Orange County National course guide is a good start.
• Family trip: Orlando, clearly. A dawn round and an afternoon at Disney, Universal or SeaWorld is easy, and Disney's four courses are minutes from the parks.
• Couples and resort stays: both. Naples has beach resorts with guest-only golf; Orlando has Grande Lakes, the Waldorf Astoria Orlando and the Four Seasons Resort Orlando. Orlando resort fees ran $34.05 to $61.88 a night on the November 2026 list, Naples' about $41 to $67.
• Snowbird winter: Naples is warmer and quieter, but Orlando is cheaper to play: Casselberry sells a $399 monthly unlimited pass, Winter Park Pines a $1,650 non-resident annual pass and Royal St. Cloud a $1,575 annual pass, against Naples passes such as Coral Oaks' $2,090 annual season pass. Orlando's winter also competes with park crowds at Christmas, Presidents' Day and spring break. Read Orlando winter golf and Naples winter golf.

Orlando vs Naples golf: the verdict

Choose Orlando for a 3-5 day golf trip, a family trip with parks, or a budget winter with lots of courses to rotate. Choose Naples for the warmest, driest winter weather, beach resorts and a quieter season, accepting that most courses there are private. For the wider Orlando picture, see the Orlando golf trip guide and the Naples golf map.

Plan it on the map

Open the Orlando golf map to see every course you can book. The plan builds a day-by-day trip, or a whole winter with a weekly rotation.