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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Amalfi or Bordeaux?

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 Bordeaux for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Bordeaux’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, Bordeaux 50: Amalfi leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Bordeaux 78: Bordeaux leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Bordeaux 68: Bordeaux leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Bordeaux 50: Bordeaux leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Bordeaux 58: Amalfi leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Bordeaux 78: Amalfi leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Bordeaux 57: Bordeaux leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Bordeaux 76: Bordeaux leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Bordeaux 56: Bordeaux leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Bordeaux 42: Bordeaux leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Bordeaux 55: Bordeaux leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Bordeaux 40: Bordeaux leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Bordeaux.

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.

Bordeaux
Best match
59match

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

Bordeaux in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
47 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Amalfi: 1991-2020 normals, Grazzanise (64.7 km from centre). Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiBordeaux
Official languageItalianFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation6 m1 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiBordeaux
City population4,729267,991
People per km²8305,425
Museums within 10 km818
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km54
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.