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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
Galena Street with the runs of Aspen Mountain, Aspen
AspenGalena Street with the runs of Aspen Mountain

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Aspen by Moroder, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Amalfi or Aspen?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Aspen for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Aspen’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, Aspen 6: Amalfi leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Aspen 45: Amalfi leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Aspen 22: Amalfi leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Aspen 40: Aspen leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Aspen 95: Aspen leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Aspen 30: Amalfi leads by 58 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Aspen 55: Aspen leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Aspen 72: Aspen leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Aspen 50: Aspen leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Aspen 5: Amalfi leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Aspen 50: Aspen leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Aspen 50: Aspen leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Aspen.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Amalfi
43match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Aspen
43match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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

Aspen in July

27 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
33 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
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.

Aspen 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). Aspen: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Aspen / Woody Creek (5.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiAspen
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation6 m2,405 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsAspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) (ASE)5 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiAspen
City population4,7297,004
People per km²830700
Museums within 10 km82
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.