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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
Korenlei reflected in the Leie, Ghent
GhentKorenlei reflected in the Leie

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Ghent by ykeiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Amalfi or Ghent?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose Ghent for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Ghent’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, Ghent 25: Amalfi leads by 39 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Ghent 62: Ghent leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Ghent 72: Ghent leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Ghent 55: Ghent leads by 43 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Ghent 35: Amalfi leads by 47 points.
Day trips. Amalfi and Ghent are level on 88.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Ghent 50: Ghent leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Ghent 78: Ghent leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Ghent 50: Ghent leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Ghent 38: Ghent leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Ghent 60: Ghent leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Ghent 33: Ghent leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Ghent.

Your match

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

Amalfi
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches with your weighting.

Ghent
Best match
54match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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

Ghent in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
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.

Ghent 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.

Ghent's sunshine is measured 45 km from the centre, at Vlissingen.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Amalfi: 1991-2020 normals, Grazzanise (64.7 km from centre). Ghent: 2009-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Melle / Kalverhaag (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiGhent
Official languageItalianFrench, German, Dutch
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation6 m12 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsBrussels Airport (BRU)56 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiGhent
City population4,729272,657
People per km²8301,728
Museums within 10 km830
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km55
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.