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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
The Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
HanoiThe Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Hanoi by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Amalfi or Hanoi?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Hanoi for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Hanoi’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, Hanoi 6: Amalfi leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Hanoi 85: Hanoi leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Hanoi 72: Hanoi leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Hanoi 50: Hanoi leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Hanoi 52: Amalfi leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Hanoi 58: Amalfi leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Hanoi 35: Hanoi leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Hanoi 36: Amalfi leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Hanoi 50: Hanoi leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Hanoi 98: Hanoi leads by 80 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Hanoi 40: Hanoi leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Hanoi 46: Hanoi leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Hanoi.

Your match

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

Amalfi
43match

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

Hanoi
Best match
52match

Wins on prices and nightlife 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

Hanoi in July

34 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
311 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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.

Hanoi's sunshine is measured 86 km from the centre, at Phu Lien.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Amalfi: 1991-2020 normals, Grazzanise (64.7 km from centre). Hanoi: 1991-2020 normals, Ha Noi (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiHanoi
Official languageItalianVietnamese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Dong (VND)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation6 m10 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiHanoi
City population4,7298,717,600
People per km²8302,595
Museums within 10 km814
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.