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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License.

Amalfi or Puerto Iguazu?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Puerto Iguazu for

  • prices
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Iguazu’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, Puerto Iguazu 5: Amalfi leads by 59 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Puerto Iguazu 28: Amalfi leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Puerto Iguazu 9: Amalfi leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Puerto Iguazu 14: Puerto Iguazu leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Puerto Iguazu 95: Puerto Iguazu leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Puerto Iguazu 33: Amalfi leads by 55 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Puerto Iguazu 55: Puerto Iguazu leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Puerto Iguazu 54: Puerto Iguazu leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Puerto Iguazu 17: Amalfi leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Puerto Iguazu 48: Puerto Iguazu leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Puerto Iguazu 7: Amalfi leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Puerto Iguazu 34: Puerto Iguazu leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Puerto Iguazu.

Your match

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

Amalfi
Best match
43match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Puerto Iguazu
33match

Wins on prices and families 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

Puerto Iguazu in July

22 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
103 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
No seasea
11 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). Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiPuerto Iguazu
Official languageItalianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112117 or 911
Elevation6 m162 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiPuerto Iguazu
City population4,72954,903
People per km²830-
Museums within 10 km80
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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.