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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
Piața Sfatului, Brasov
BrasovPiața Sfatului

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Brasov by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Amalfi or Brasov?

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

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • day trips

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

Choose Brasov for

  • prices
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Brasov’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, Brasov 6: Amalfi leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Brasov 40: Amalfi leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Brasov 55: Brasov leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Brasov 38: Brasov leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Brasov 84: Brasov leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Brasov 80: Amalfi leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Brasov 58: Brasov leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Brasov 60: Brasov leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Brasov 32: Amalfi leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Brasov 74: Brasov leads by 56 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Brasov 38: Brasov leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi and Brasov are level on 32.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Brasov.

Your match

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

Amalfi
43match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

Brasov
Best match
50match

Wins on prices and families 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

Brasov in July

26 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
81 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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.

Brasov 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). Brasov: 2016-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Brasov (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiBrasov
Official languageItalianRomanian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Romanian Leu (RON)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation6 m600 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiBrasov
City population4,729237,589
People per km²830890
Museums within 10 km88
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km51
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.