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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Montpellier by Peter, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Amalfi or Montpellier?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Montpellier for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Montpellier’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 and Montpellier are level on 64.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Montpellier 64: Montpellier leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Montpellier 60: Montpellier leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Montpellier 56: Montpellier leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Montpellier 72: Amalfi leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Montpellier 85: Amalfi leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Montpellier 62: Montpellier leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Montpellier 74: Montpellier leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Montpellier 47: Montpellier leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Montpellier 50: Montpellier leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Montpellier 63: Montpellier leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Montpellier 42: Montpellier leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Montpellier.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Montpellier
Best match
62match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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

Montpellier in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
17 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
21 °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). Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiMontpellier
Official languageItalianFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation6 m7 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiMontpellier
City population4,729310,240
People per km²8305,452
Museums within 10 km814
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km52
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months2 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.