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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
The Old Town Clock on Citadel Hill, Halifax
HalifaxThe Old Town Clock on Citadel Hill

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

Amalfi or Halifax?

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 Halifax for

  • nightlife
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Halifax’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, Halifax 32: Amalfi leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Halifax 50: Halifax leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Halifax 42: Halifax leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Halifax 46: Halifax leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Halifax 62: Amalfi leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Halifax 63: Amalfi leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Halifax 55: Halifax leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Amalfi and Halifax are level on 48.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Halifax 35: Halifax leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Halifax 38: Halifax leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Halifax 46: Halifax leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Halifax 28: Amalfi leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Halifax.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Amalfi
43match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Halifax
45match

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

Halifax in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
101 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 °Csea
15 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). Halifax: 1991-2020 normals, Shearwater Airport (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiHalifax
Official languageItalianFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation6 m28 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsHalifax / Stanfield International Airport (YHZ)26 km from centre40 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiHalifax
City population4,729440,072
People per km²83080
Museums within 10 km815
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.