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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
Parliament Hill across the Ottawa River, Ottawa
OttawaParliament Hill across the Ottawa River

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Ottawa by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Amalfi or Ottawa?

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 Ottawa for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Ottawa’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, Ottawa 35: Amalfi leads by 29 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Ottawa 45: Amalfi leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Ottawa 62: Ottawa leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Ottawa 35: Ottawa leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Ottawa 68: Amalfi leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Ottawa 55: Amalfi leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Ottawa 68: Ottawa leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Ottawa 62: Ottawa leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Ottawa 40: Ottawa leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Ottawa 40: Ottawa leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Ottawa 52: Ottawa leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Ottawa 55: Ottawa leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Ottawa.

Your match

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

Amalfi
43match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Ottawa
Best match
51match

Wins on families 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

Ottawa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Ottawa: 1991-2020 normals, Ottawa CDA RCS (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiOttawa
Official languageItalianFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation6 m70 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW)12 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiOttawa
City population4,7291,017,449
People per km²830366
Museums within 10 km820
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. 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.