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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
The pastel houses of Rainbow Row, Charleston
CharlestonThe pastel houses of Rainbow Row

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Charleston by NealVickers, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Amalfi or Charleston?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Charleston for

  • nightlife
  • families
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Charleston’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, Charleston 72: Charleston leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Charleston 72: Charleston leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Charleston 64: Charleston leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Charleston 44: Charleston leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Charleston 55: Amalfi leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Charleston 62: Amalfi leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Charleston 60: Charleston leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Charleston 46: Amalfi leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Charleston 55: Charleston leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Charleston 27: Charleston leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Charleston 42: Charleston leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Charleston 40: Charleston leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Charleston.

Your match

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

Amalfi
43match

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

Charleston
Best match
53match

Wins on nightlife 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

Charleston in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
167 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °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). Charleston: 1991-2020 normals, Charleston Airport (16.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiCharleston
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation6 m6 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsCharleston International Airport (CHS)16 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiCharleston
City population4,729150,227
People per km²830532
Museums within 10 km819
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months6 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.