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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Amalfi or Antigua Guatemala?

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 Amalfi for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Antigua Guatemala for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Antigua Guatemala’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. Amalfi 64, Antigua Guatemala 6: Amalfi leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi and Antigua Guatemala are level on 48.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Antigua Guatemala 68: Antigua Guatemala leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Antigua Guatemala 34: Antigua Guatemala leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Antigua Guatemala 78: Amalfi leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Antigua Guatemala 55: Amalfi leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Antigua Guatemala 38: Antigua Guatemala leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Antigua Guatemala 60: Antigua Guatemala leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Antigua Guatemala 45: Antigua Guatemala leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Antigua Guatemala 67: Antigua Guatemala leads by 49 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi and Antigua Guatemala are level on 22.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Antigua Guatemala 42: Antigua Guatemala leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Antigua Guatemala.

Your match

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

Amalfi
43match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Antigua Guatemala
Best match
47match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Antigua Guatemala in July

25 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
188 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AmalfiAntigua Guatemala

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.

Antigua Guatemala 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. Amalfi: 1991-2020 normals, Grazzanise (64.7 km from centre). Antigua Guatemala: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Guatemala Aeropuertola Aurora (23.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiAntigua Guatemala
Official languageItalianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Quetzal (GTQ)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112Police 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123
Elevation6 m1,582 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiAntigua Guatemala
City population4,72959,091
People per km²830-
Museums within 10 km82
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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.