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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
The entrance to the Big Lagoon, El Nido
El NidoThe entrance to the Big Lagoon

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; El Nido by nennnn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Amalfi or El Nido?

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
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose El Nido for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on El Nido’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, El Nido 92: El Nido leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, El Nido 27: Amalfi leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, El Nido 4: Amalfi leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, El Nido 30: El Nido leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, El Nido 87: El Nido leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, El Nido 8: Amalfi leads by 80 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, El Nido 40: El Nido leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, El Nido 22: Amalfi leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, El Nido 7: Amalfi leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, El Nido 64: El Nido leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, El Nido 7: Amalfi leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, El Nido 46: El Nido leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and El Nido.

Your match

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

Amalfi
Best match
43match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

El Nido
36match

Wins on prices and beaches 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

El Nido in July

29 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
368 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °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.

El Nido has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Amalfi: 1991-2020 normals, Grazzanise (64.7 km from centre). El Nido: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiEl Nido
Official languageItalianEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112911
Elevation6 m35 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsEl Nido Airport (ENI)4 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiEl Nido
City population4,72951,367
People per km²83056
Museums within 10 km80
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.