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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
White sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach, Pensacola
PensacolaWhite sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Pensacola by Jason Meredith, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Amalfi or Pensacola?

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
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Pensacola for

  • families
  • nightlife
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Pensacola’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, Pensacola 84: Pensacola leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Pensacola 45: Amalfi leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Pensacola 45: Pensacola leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Pensacola 42: Pensacola leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Pensacola 62: Amalfi leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Pensacola 45: Amalfi leads by 43 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Pensacola 62: Pensacola leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Pensacola 18: Amalfi leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Pensacola 28: Amalfi leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Pensacola 44: Pensacola leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Pensacola 36: Pensacola leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Pensacola 30: Amalfi leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Pensacola.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Amalfi
43match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Pensacola
45match

Wins on families 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

Pensacola in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
200 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Amalfi: 1991-2020 normals, Grazzanise (64.7 km from centre). Pensacola: 1991-2020 normals, Pensacola / Pleasant Grove (12.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiPensacola
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation6 m31 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsPensacola International Airport (PNS)6 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiPensacola
City population4,72954,312
People per km²830515
Museums within 10 km85
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months7 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.