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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
The Semperoper, Dresden
DresdenThe Semperoper

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Dresden by Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Amalfi or Dresden?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Dresden for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Dresden’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, Dresden 10: Amalfi leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Dresden 45: Amalfi leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Dresden 79: Dresden leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Dresden 47: Dresden leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Dresden 74: Amalfi leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Dresden 76: Amalfi leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Dresden 60: Dresden leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Dresden 74: Dresden leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Dresden 42: Dresden leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Dresden 55: Dresden leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Dresden 76: Dresden leads by 54 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Dresden 42: Dresden leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Dresden.

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.

Dresden
Best match
57match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights 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

Dresden in July

26 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). Dresden: 1991-2020 normals, Dresden-Strehlen (3.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiDresden
Official languageItalianGerman
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation6 m126 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsDresden Airport (DRS)10 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiDresden
City population4,729562,764
People per km²8301,713
Museums within 10 km870
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km51
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. 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.