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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
The beach with its parasols and the boardwalk, Bethany Beach
Bethany BeachThe beach with its parasols and the boardwalk

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Bethany Beach by Doug Olson, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Amalfi or Bethany Beach?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Bethany Beach for

  • families
  • prices
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Bethany Beach’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, Bethany Beach 72: Bethany Beach leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Bethany Beach 35: Amalfi leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Bethany Beach 10: Amalfi leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi and Bethany Beach are level on 12.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Bethany Beach 48: Amalfi leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Bethany Beach 45: Amalfi leads by 43 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Bethany Beach 66: Bethany Beach leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Bethany Beach 33: Amalfi leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Bethany Beach 28: Amalfi leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Bethany Beach 30: Bethany Beach leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Bethany Beach 14: Amalfi leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Bethany Beach 33: Bethany Beach leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Bethany Beach.

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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Bethany Beach
36match

Wins on families 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

Bethany Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
95 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
23 °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.

Bethany Beach's temperatures are measured 45 km from the centre, at Salisbury / Quail Ridge.

Bethany Beach 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). Bethany Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Salisbury / Quail Ridge (44.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiBethany Beach
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation6 m3 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)45 km from centre4 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiBethany Beach
City population4,729954
People per km²830318
Museums within 10 km80
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months3 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.