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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
Banff Avenue below Cascade Mountain, Banff
BanffBanff Avenue below Cascade Mountain

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Banff by bryan pascual, Pexels License.

Amalfi or Banff?

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

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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

Choose Banff for

  • families
  • wellness
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Banff’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, Banff 12: Amalfi leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Banff 32: Amalfi leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Banff 22: Amalfi leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Banff 30: Banff leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Banff 98: Banff leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Banff 25: Amalfi leads by 63 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Banff 60: Banff leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Banff 55: Banff leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Banff 28: Amalfi leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Amalfi and Banff are level on 18.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Banff 32: Banff leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Banff 54: Banff leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Banff.

Your match

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

Amalfi
Best match
43match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Banff
39match

Wins on families and wellness 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

Banff in July

23 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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. Amalfi: 1991-2020 normals, Grazzanise (64.7 km from centre). Banff: 1991-2020 normals, Banff (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiBanff
Official languageItalianFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation6 m1,400 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsCalgary International Airport (YYC)109 km from centre102 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiBanff
City population4,7298,305
People per km²8301,730
Museums within 10 km84
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.