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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License.

Amalfi or Izmir?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Izmir for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Izmir’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, Izmir 62: Amalfi leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Izmir 72: Izmir leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Izmir 60: Izmir leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Izmir 66: Amalfi leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Izmir 86: Amalfi leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Izmir 63: Izmir leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Izmir 66: Izmir leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Izmir 48: Izmir leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Izmir 57: Izmir leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Izmir.

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.

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on nightlife and prices 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

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °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). Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiIzmir
Official languageItalianTurkish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112112
Elevation6 m2 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiIzmir
City population4,7294,493,242
People per km²8304,760
Museums within 10 km829
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months5 months

Where else could you go?

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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.