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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
Haedong Yonggungsa temple on the rocks by the sea, Busan
BusanHaedong Yonggungsa temple on the rocks by the sea

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Busan by Andrea De Santis, Pexels License.

Amalfi or Busan?

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

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

Choose Busan for

  • nightlife
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Busan’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, Busan 68: Busan leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Busan 72: Busan leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Busan 52: Busan leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Busan 60: Busan leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Busan 74: Amalfi leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Busan 74: Amalfi leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Busan 70: Busan leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Busan 68: Busan leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Busan 60: Busan leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Busan 56: Busan leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Busan 42: Busan leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Busan 78: Busan leads by 46 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Busan.

Your match

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

Amalfi
43match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Busan
Best match
65match

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

Busan in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
352 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 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). Busan: 1991-2020 normals, Pusan (9.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiBusan
Official languageItalianKorean, Korean Sign Language
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Won (KRW)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 112, ambulance 119, fire 119
Elevation6 m30 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsGimhae International Airport (PUS)12 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiBusan
City population4,7293,453,198
People per km²8304,486
Museums within 10 km87
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km53
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months4 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.