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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
The Frauenkirche towers and the Mariensäule, Munich
MunichThe Frauenkirche towers and the Mariensäule

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Munich by 0xd1ma, Pexels License.

Amalfi or Munich?

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

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

Choose Munich for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Munich’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, Munich 28: Amalfi leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Munich 62: Munich leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Munich 79: Munich leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Munich 56: Munich leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi and Munich are level on 82.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Munich 86: Amalfi leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Munich 78: Munich leads by 50 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Munich 86: Munich leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Munich 72: Munich leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Munich 32: Munich leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Munich 84: Munich leads by 62 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Munich 62: Munich leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Munich.

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.

Munich
Best match
67match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Munich in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Amalfi: 1991-2020 normals, Grazzanise (64.7 km from centre). Munich: 1991-2020 normals, München (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiMunich
Official languageItalianGerman
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation6 m519 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsMunich Airport (MUC)29 km from centre210 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiMunich
City population4,7291,505,036
People per km²8304,844
Museums within 10 km874
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.