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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
The Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest
BudapestThe Fisherman's Bastion

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Budapest by Perituss, CC0.

Amalfi or Budapest?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Budapest for

  • nightlife
  • wellness
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Budapest’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, Budapest 25: Amalfi leads by 39 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Budapest 63: Budapest leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Budapest 80: Budapest leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Budapest 78: Budapest leads by 66 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Budapest 58: Amalfi leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Budapest 68: Amalfi leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Budapest 62: Budapest leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Budapest 78: Budapest leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Budapest 55: Budapest leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Budapest 62: Budapest leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Budapest 76: Budapest leads by 54 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Budapest 98: Budapest leads by 66 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Budapest.

Your match

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

Amalfi
43match

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

Budapest
Best match
67match

Wins on nightlife and wellness 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

Budapest in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). Budapest: 1991-2020 normals, Budapest Met Center (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiBudapest
Official languageItalianHungarian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Forint (HUF)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation6 m117 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsBudapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)18 km from centre157 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiBudapest
City population4,7291,675,777
People per km²8303,191
Museums within 10 km881
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.