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The Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens, Adelaide
AdelaideThe Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens
Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff

Photos: Adelaide by Ardash Muradian, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License.

Adelaide 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 Adelaide for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Amalfi for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Adelaide 68, Amalfi 64: Adelaide leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Adelaide 72, Amalfi 48: Adelaide leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Adelaide 48, Amalfi 36: Adelaide leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Adelaide 42, Amalfi 12: Adelaide leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Adelaide 66, Amalfi 82: Amalfi leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Adelaide 60, Amalfi 88: Amalfi leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Adelaide 70, Amalfi 28: Adelaide leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Adelaide 57, Amalfi 48: Adelaide leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Adelaide 44, Amalfi 34: Adelaide leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Adelaide 40, Amalfi 18: Adelaide leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Adelaide 63, Amalfi 22: Adelaide leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Adelaide 42, Amalfi 32: Adelaide leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Adelaide and Amalfi.

Your match

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

Adelaide
Best match
56match

Wins on families and live music and the arts 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.

Adelaide in July

16 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
10 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. Adelaide: 1991-2020 normals, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) (3.1 km from centre). Amalfi: 1991-2020 normals, Grazzanise (64.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAdelaideAmalfi
Official languageEnglishItalian
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9:30, UTC+10:30 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation1 m6 m
Main airportAdelaide International Airport (ADL)6 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAdelaideAmalfi
City population1,387,2904,729
People per km²1,071830
Museums within 10 km138
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months5 months

Where else could you go?

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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.