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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
Huntington Beach Pier on a summer day, Huntington Beach
Huntington BeachHuntington Beach Pier on a summer day

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Huntington Beach by Stephen Leonardi, Pexels License.

Amalfi or Huntington Beach?

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

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Huntington Beach for

  • families
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Huntington Beach’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, Huntington Beach 70: Huntington Beach leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Huntington Beach 46: Amalfi leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Huntington Beach 14: Amalfi leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Huntington Beach 38: Huntington Beach leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Huntington Beach 58: Amalfi leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Huntington Beach 63: Amalfi leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Huntington Beach 82: Huntington Beach leads by 54 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Huntington Beach 20: Amalfi leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Huntington Beach 42: Huntington Beach leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Huntington Beach 28: Huntington Beach leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Huntington Beach 33: Huntington Beach leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Huntington Beach 36: Huntington Beach leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Huntington Beach.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Amalfi
43match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Huntington Beach
44match

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

Huntington Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °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). Huntington Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (12.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiHuntington Beach
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation6 m12 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)12 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiHuntington Beach
City population4,729198,711
People per km²8302,406
Museums within 10 km83
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.