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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
A cable car over the brick-red houses, La Paz
La PazA cable car over the brick-red houses

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; La Paz by Arabsalam, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Amalfi or La Paz?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose La Paz for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on La Paz’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, La Paz 3: Amalfi leads by 61 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, La Paz 50: La Paz leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, La Paz 52: La Paz leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, La Paz 38: La Paz leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi and La Paz are level on 82.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, La Paz 40: Amalfi leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, La Paz 10: Amalfi leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, La Paz 45: Amalfi leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, La Paz 45: La Paz leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, La Paz 92: La Paz leads by 74 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, La Paz 35: La Paz leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, La Paz 12: Amalfi leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and La Paz.

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 beaches and day trips with your weighting.

La Paz
42match

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

La Paz in July

13 °Cdaytime high
-2 °Cnight-time low
16 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
11 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.

La Paz has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Amalfi: 1991-2020 normals, Grazzanise (64.7 km from centre). La Paz: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiLa Paz
Official languageItalianSpanish, Aymara, Quechua, Guarani
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Boliviano (BOB)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAC50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112911
Elevation6 m3,640 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsEl Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiLa Paz
City population4,729755,732
People per km²8301,601
Museums within 10 km821
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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.