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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muscat
MuscatThe Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Muscat by Alli Khalil, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Amalfi or Muscat?

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

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Muscat for

  • prices
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Muscat’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, Muscat 72: Muscat leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Muscat 44: Amalfi leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Muscat 55: Muscat leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Muscat 14: Muscat leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Muscat 70: Amalfi leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Muscat 62: Amalfi leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Muscat 52: Muscat leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Muscat 20: Amalfi leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Muscat 42: Muscat leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Muscat 45: Muscat leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Muscat 40: Muscat leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Muscat 55: Muscat leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Muscat.

Your match

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

Amalfi
43match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Muscat
Best match
48match

Wins on prices 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

Muscat in July

33 °Cdaytime high
30 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
31 °Csea
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.

Muscat's sunshine is measured 32 km from the centre, at Seeb, International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Amalfi: 1991-2020 normals, Grazzanise (64.7 km from centre). Muscat: 1991-2020 normals, Qaboos Port (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiMuscat
Official languageItalianArabic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Rial Omani (OMR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+4
Emergency number112968
Elevation6 m69 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsMuscat International Airport (MCT)31 km from centre83 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiMuscat
City population4,7291,421,409
People per km²830406
Museums within 10 km810
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months12 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.