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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Amalfi or Luang Prabang?

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

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Luang Prabang for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Luang Prabang’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, Luang Prabang 14: Amalfi leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Luang Prabang 42: Amalfi leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Luang Prabang 65: Luang Prabang leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Luang Prabang 8: Amalfi leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Luang Prabang 68: Amalfi leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Luang Prabang 35: Amalfi leads by 53 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Luang Prabang 38: Luang Prabang leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Luang Prabang 50: Luang Prabang leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Luang Prabang 38: Luang Prabang leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Luang Prabang 80: Luang Prabang leads by 62 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Luang Prabang 18: Amalfi leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Luang Prabang 60: Luang Prabang leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Luang Prabang.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Amalfi
43match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Luang Prabang
43match

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

Luang Prabang in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
250 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 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). Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiLuang Prabang
Official languageItalianLao
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Lao Kip (LAK)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzABCEF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 191, ambulance 195, fire 190
Elevation6 m305 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiLuang Prabang
City population4,72953,792
People per km²830-
Museums within 10 km80
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.