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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff

Photos: Acapulco by Felicia Navarrete, Pexels License; Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License.

Acapulco or Amalfi?

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 Acapulco for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • families

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

Choose Amalfi for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Amalfi’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. Acapulco 80, Amalfi 64: Acapulco leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Acapulco 55, Amalfi 48: Acapulco leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Acapulco 28, Amalfi 36: Amalfi leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, Amalfi 12: Acapulco leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco 50, Amalfi 82: Amalfi leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, Amalfi 88: Amalfi leads by 73 points.
Good for families. Acapulco 45, Amalfi 28: Acapulco leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, Amalfi 48: Amalfi leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, Amalfi 34: Amalfi leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, Amalfi 18: Acapulco leads by 56 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, Amalfi 22: Acapulco leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco and Amalfi are level on 32.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and Amalfi.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Acapulco
44match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Amalfi
43match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Acapulco in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
226 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Amalfi in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
28 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine 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

Amalfi's temperatures are measured 65 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Amalfi 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Acapulco: 1991-2020 normals, Acapulco, Gro. (5.9 km from centre). Amalfi: 1991-2020 normals, Grazzanise (64.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoAmalfi
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaItalian
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation18 m6 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoAmalfi
City population658,6094,729
People per km²350830
Museums within 10 km38
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.