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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
The beach and the bay with the mountains behind, Nuevo Vallarta
Nuevo VallartaThe beach and the bay with the mountains behind

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Nuevo Vallarta by Harpqueen, Public domain.

Amalfi or Nuevo Vallarta?

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

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Nuevo Vallarta for

  • families
  • prices
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Nuevo Vallarta’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, Nuevo Vallarta 84: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Nuevo Vallarta 40: Amalfi leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Nuevo Vallarta 6: Amalfi leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Nuevo Vallarta 16: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Nuevo Vallarta 75: Amalfi leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Nuevo Vallarta 58: Amalfi leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Nuevo Vallarta 73: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 45 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Nuevo Vallarta 25: Amalfi leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Nuevo Vallarta 22: Amalfi leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Nuevo Vallarta 45: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Nuevo Vallarta 18: Amalfi leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Nuevo Vallarta 55: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Nuevo Vallarta.

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 culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

Nuevo Vallarta
43match

Wins on families and prices 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

Nuevo Vallarta in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
206 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AmalfiNuevo Vallarta

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.

Nuevo Vallarta has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Amalfi: 1991-2020 normals, Grazzanise (64.7 km from centre). Nuevo Vallarta: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiNuevo Vallarta
Official languageItalianSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation6 m3 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsPuerto Vallarta International Airport (PVR)4 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiNuevo Vallarta
City population4,7291,301
People per km²830-
Museums within 10 km80
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km51
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.