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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
The island church from the lakeshore, Bled
BledThe island church from the lakeshore

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Bled by Philipp Schwarz, Pexels License.

Amalfi or Bled?

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

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • day trips

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

Choose Bled for

  • families
  • prices
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Bled’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, Bled 50: Amalfi leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Bled 20: Amalfi leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Bled 22: Amalfi leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Bled 5: Amalfi leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Bled 86: Bled leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Bled 70: Amalfi leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Bled 60: Bled leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Bled 58: Bled leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Bled 5: Amalfi leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Bled 45: Bled leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Bled 5: Amalfi leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Bled 55: Bled leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Bled.

Your match

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

Amalfi
Best match
43match

Wins on shopping and food and drink with your weighting.

Bled
40match

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

Bled in July

27 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
154 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine 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.

Bled's temperatures are measured 36 km from the centre, at Klagenfurt.

Bled 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). Bled: 1991-2020 normals, Klagenfurt (35.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiBled
Official languageItalianSlovene
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation6 m501 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)31 km from centre32 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiBled
City population4,7294,969
People per km²83026
Museums within 10 km84
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km53
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.