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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
The Fortaleza San Felipe, Puerto Plata
Puerto PlataThe Fortaleza San Felipe

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Puerto Plata by CareAhLine, CC0.

Amalfi or Puerto Plata?

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 Puerto Plata for

  • prices
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Plata’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 Plata 80: Puerto Plata leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Puerto Plata 40: Amalfi leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Puerto Plata 35: Amalfi leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Puerto Plata 38: Puerto Plata leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Puerto Plata 68: Amalfi leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Puerto Plata 48: Amalfi leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Puerto Plata 57: Puerto Plata leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Puerto Plata 30: Amalfi leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Puerto Plata 30: Amalfi leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Puerto Plata 64: Puerto Plata leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Puerto Plata 18: Amalfi leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Puerto Plata 35: Puerto Plata leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Puerto Plata.

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.

Puerto Plata
45match

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 Plata in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
67 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 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.

Puerto Plata 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 Plata: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Puerto Plata (15.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiPuerto Plata
Official languageItalianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112911
Elevation6 m34 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsGregorio Luperon International Airport (POP)13 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiPuerto Plata
City population4,729-
People per km²830-
Museums within 10 km81
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months12 months

Where else could you go?

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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.