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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
Palm Canyon Drive, lined with tall palms, Palm Springs
Palm SpringsPalm Canyon Drive, lined with tall palms

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Palm Springs by Domenico Convertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Amalfi or Palm Springs?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Palm Springs for

  • wellness
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Palm Springs’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, Palm Springs 7: Amalfi leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Palm Springs 40: Amalfi leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Palm Springs 42: Palm Springs leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Palm Springs 36: Palm Springs leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Palm Springs 78: Amalfi leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Palm Springs 38: Amalfi leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Palm Springs 40: Palm Springs leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Palm Springs 22: Amalfi leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Palm Springs 44: Palm Springs leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Palm Springs 32: Palm Springs leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Palm Springs 40: Palm Springs leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Palm Springs 80: Palm Springs leads by 48 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Palm Springs.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Amalfi
43match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Palm Springs
42match

Wins on wellness and nightlife 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

Palm Springs in July

42 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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.

Palm Springs 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). Palm Springs: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Palm Springs (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiPalm Springs
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation6 m146 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsPalm Springs International Airport (PSP)2 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiPalm Springs
City population4,72944,575
People per km²830181
Museums within 10 km83
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
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.