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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
Lion's Head above Clifton Beach, Cape Town
Cape TownLion's Head above Clifton Beach

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Cape Town by Stephan Louis, Pexels License.

Amalfi or Cape Town?

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
  • getting around
  • beaches

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

Choose Cape Town for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Cape Town’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, Cape Town 58: Amalfi leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Cape Town 72: Cape Town leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Cape Town 60: Cape Town leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Cape Town 60: Cape Town leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Cape Town 98: Cape Town leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Cape Town 68: Amalfi leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Cape Town 58: Cape Town leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Cape Town 35: Amalfi leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Cape Town 50: Cape Town leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Cape Town 72: Cape Town leads by 54 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Cape Town 52: Cape Town leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Cape Town 45: Cape Town leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Cape Town.

Your match

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

Amalfi
43match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Cape Town
Best match
61match

Wins on prices and nightlife 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

Cape Town in July

18 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
89 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
10 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). Cape Town: 1991-2020 normals, Cape Town Airport (17.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiCape Town
Official languageItalianEnglish, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Venda, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, South African Sign Language
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Rand (ZAR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCMN230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation6 m5 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsCape Town International Airport (CPT)18 km from centre45 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiCape Town
City population4,7293,776,313
People per km²8301,538
Museums within 10 km822
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km53
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 monthsNone

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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.