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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
Swayambhunath with its prayer flags, Kathmandu
KathmanduSwayambhunath with its prayer flags

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Kathmandu by Nabin K. Sapkota, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Amalfi or Kathmandu?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Kathmandu for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Kathmandu’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, Kathmandu 4: Amalfi leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Kathmandu 55: Kathmandu leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Kathmandu 82: Kathmandu leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Kathmandu 36: Kathmandu leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Kathmandu 70: Amalfi leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Kathmandu 56: Amalfi leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Kathmandu 20: Amalfi leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Kathmandu 25: Amalfi leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Kathmandu 55: Kathmandu leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Kathmandu 97: Kathmandu leads by 79 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Kathmandu 28: Kathmandu leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Kathmandu 45: Kathmandu leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Kathmandu.

Your match

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

Amalfi
43match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Kathmandu
Best match
48match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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

Kathmandu in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
384 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Kathmandu: 1991-2020 normals, Kathmandu Airport (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiKathmandu
Official languageItalianNepali
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Nepalese Rupee (NPR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+5:45
Emergency number112Police 100, ambulance 102, fire 101
Elevation6 m1,300 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsTribhuvan International Airport (KTM)4 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiKathmandu
City population4,729845,767
People per km²83017,121
Museums within 10 km89
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.