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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License.

Amalfi or Bangkok?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • day trips

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

Choose Bangkok for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Bangkok’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, Bangkok 12: Amalfi leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Bangkok 95: Bangkok leads by 47 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Bangkok 80: Bangkok leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Bangkok 85: Bangkok leads by 73 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Bangkok 25: Amalfi leads by 57 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Bangkok 72: Amalfi leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Bangkok 50: Bangkok leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Bangkok 50: Bangkok leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Bangkok 80: Bangkok leads by 46 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Bangkok 85: Bangkok leads by 67 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Bangkok 52: Bangkok leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Bangkok 75: Bangkok leads by 43 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Bangkok.

Your match

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

Amalfi
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches with your weighting.

Bangkok
Best match
63match

Wins on nightlife and prices 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

Bangkok in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
184 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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). Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiBangkok
Official languageItalianThai
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Baht (THB)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzABCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199
Elevation6 m2 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiBangkok
City population4,7295,676,648
People per km²8303,619
Museums within 10 km859
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months12 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.