Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Penang by Supanut Arunoprayote, CC BY 4.0, cropped.
Amalfi or Penang?
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
- nature and the outdoors
- beaches
What lies behind each score is written up on Amalfi’s own page.
Choose Penang for
- prices
- food and drink
- culture and sights
What lies behind each score is written up on Penang’s own page.
Scoreboard
Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Penang.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.
Wins on prices and food and drink 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
Penang in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
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). Penang: 1991-2020 normals, Penang / Bayan Lepas (14.5 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Amalfi | Penang |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | Italian | Malay |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) | Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) |
| Sockets | CFL230 V, 50 Hz | G240 V, 50 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Left |
| Time zone | UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer | UTC+8 |
| Emergency number | 112 | 999 |
| Elevation | 6 m | 4 m |
| Main airport | Naples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinations | Penang International Airport (PEN)14 km from centre32 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 13 days | - |
By the numbers
| Measure | Amalfi | Penang |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 4,729 | 794,313 |
| People per km² | 830 | - |
| Museums within 10 km | 8 | 9 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 5 | 1 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | 5 months | 12 months |
Where else could you go?
Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Amalfi or Penang somewhere new.