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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
The old town on the Neckar, Heidelberg
HeidelbergThe old town on the Neckar

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Heidelberg by Kuanling Chen, Pexels License.

Amalfi or Heidelberg?

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 Heidelberg for

  • families
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Heidelberg’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, Heidelberg 7: Amalfi leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Heidelberg 40: Amalfi leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Heidelberg 58: Heidelberg leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Heidelberg 38: Heidelberg leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Heidelberg 60: Amalfi leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Heidelberg 78: Amalfi leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Heidelberg 62: Heidelberg leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Heidelberg 72: Heidelberg leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Heidelberg 40: Heidelberg leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Heidelberg 42: Heidelberg leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Heidelberg 48: Heidelberg leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Heidelberg 44: Heidelberg leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Heidelberg.

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.

Heidelberg
Best match
49match

Wins on families 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

Heidelberg in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Amalfi: 1991-2020 normals, Grazzanise (64.7 km from centre). Heidelberg: 1991-2020 normals, Heidelberg (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiHeidelberg
Official languageItalianGerman
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation6 m114 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsFrankfurt Main Airport (FRA)69 km from centre281 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiHeidelberg
City population4,729156,092
People per km²8301,433
Museums within 10 km817
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km54
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.