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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
Yellow colonial houses in the walled city, Cartagena
CartagenaYellow colonial houses in the walled city

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Cartagena by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Amalfi or Cartagena?

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 Cartagena for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Cartagena’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, Cartagena 70: Cartagena leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Cartagena 62: Cartagena leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Cartagena 68: Cartagena leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Cartagena 70: Cartagena leads by 58 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Cartagena 46: Amalfi leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Cartagena 33: Amalfi leads by 55 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Cartagena 40: Cartagena leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Cartagena 54: Cartagena leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Cartagena 48: Cartagena leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Cartagena 60: Cartagena leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Cartagena 40: Cartagena leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Cartagena 40: Cartagena leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Cartagena.

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.

Cartagena
Best match
53match

Wins on nightlife and prices 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

Cartagena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
124 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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). Cartagena: 1991-2020 normals, Cartagena / Rafael Nunez (3.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiCartagena
Official languageItalianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Colombian Peso (COP)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112123
Elevation6 m2 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsRafael Nuñez International Airport (CTG)2 km from centre26 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days19 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiCartagena
City population4,729914,552
People per km²8301,599
Museums within 10 km82
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km51
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months12 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.