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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
Wat Chiang Man in the old city, Chiang Mai
Chiang MaiWat Chiang Man in the old city

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Chiang Mai by Gije Cho, Pexels License.

Amalfi or Chiang Mai?

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
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Chiang Mai for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Chiang Mai’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, Chiang Mai 6: Amalfi leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Chiang Mai 78: Chiang Mai leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Chiang Mai 65: Chiang Mai leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Chiang Mai 45: Chiang Mai leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Chiang Mai 73: Amalfi leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Chiang Mai 48: Amalfi leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Chiang Mai 55: Chiang Mai leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Chiang Mai 38: Amalfi leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Chiang Mai 62: Chiang Mai leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Chiang Mai 90: Chiang Mai leads by 72 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Chiang Mai 30: Chiang Mai leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Chiang Mai 82: Chiang Mai leads by 50 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Chiang Mai.

Your match

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

Amalfi
43match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Chiang Mai
Best match
56match

Wins on prices 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

Chiang Mai in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Chiang Mai: 1991-2020 normals, Chiang Mai (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiChiang Mai
Official languageItalianThai
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Baht (THB)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzABCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199
Elevation6 m310 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsChiang Mai International Airport (CNX)3 km from centre28 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiChiang Mai
City population4,7291,198,000
People per km²8302,958
Museums within 10 km86
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
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.