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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Amalfi or Fort Lauderdale?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Fort Lauderdale for

  • nightlife
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Fort Lauderdale’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, Fort Lauderdale 88: Fort Lauderdale leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Fort Lauderdale 47: Amalfi leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Fort Lauderdale 28: Amalfi leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Fort Lauderdale 52: Fort Lauderdale leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Fort Lauderdale 62: Amalfi leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Fort Lauderdale 58: Amalfi leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Fort Lauderdale 66: Fort Lauderdale leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Fort Lauderdale 32: Amalfi leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Fort Lauderdale 52: Fort Lauderdale leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Fort Lauderdale 32: Fort Lauderdale leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Fort Lauderdale 42: Fort Lauderdale leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Fort Lauderdale 40: Fort Lauderdale leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Fort Lauderdale.

Your match

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

Amalfi
43match

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

Fort Lauderdale
Best match
50match

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

Fort Lauderdale in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
166 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °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). Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiFort Lauderdale
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 m11 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre138 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiFort Lauderdale
City population4,729182,760
People per km²8301,829
Museums within 10 km86
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. 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.