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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
A heritage tram before the Regent building, Christchurch
ChristchurchA heritage tram before the Regent building

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Christchurch by Bernard Spragg. NZ, CC0.

Amalfi or Christchurch?

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
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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

Choose Christchurch for

  • families
  • nightlife
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Christchurch’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, Christchurch 38: Amalfi leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Christchurch 45: Amalfi leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Christchurch 38: Christchurch leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Christchurch 32: Christchurch leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Christchurch 84: Christchurch leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Christchurch 45: Amalfi leads by 43 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Christchurch 66: Christchurch leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Amalfi and Christchurch are level on 48.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Christchurch 32: Amalfi leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Christchurch 38: Christchurch leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Christchurch 38: Christchurch leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Christchurch 45: Christchurch leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Christchurch.

Your match

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

Amalfi
43match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Christchurch
Best match
46match

Wins on families 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

Christchurch in July

11 °Cdaytime high
1 °Cnight-time low
68 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
9 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). Christchurch: 1991-2020 normals, Christchurch (8.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiChristchurch
Official languageItalianEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation6 m20 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsChristchurch International Airport (CHC)10 km from centre28 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiChristchurch
City population4,729383,200
People per km²8301,298
Museums within 10 km811
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
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.