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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
A canoe on the turquoise lake below the mountains, Lake Louise
Lake LouiseA canoe on the turquoise lake below the mountains

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Lake Louise by Andrew Patrick Photo, Pexels License.

Amalfi or Lake Louise?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Lake Louise for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Lake Louise’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, Lake Louise 5: Amalfi leads by 59 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Lake Louise 20: Amalfi leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Lake Louise 7: Amalfi leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Lake Louise 4: Amalfi leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Lake Louise 97: Lake Louise leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Lake Louise 33: Amalfi leads by 55 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Lake Louise 40: Lake Louise leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Lake Louise 28: Amalfi leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Lake Louise 6: Amalfi leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Lake Louise 9: Amalfi leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Lake Louise 3: Amalfi leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Lake Louise 42: Lake Louise leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Lake Louise.

Your match

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

Amalfi
Best match
43match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Lake Louise
25match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families 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

Lake Louise in July

20 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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.

Lake Louise 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). Lake Louise: 1991-2020 normals, Yoho Park (11.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiLake Louise
Official languageItalianFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation6 m1,600 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsCalgary International Airport (YYC)155 km from centre102 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiLake Louise
City population4,729-
People per km²830-
Museums within 10 km80
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km52
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. 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.