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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
The lighthouse and the peninsula in evening light, Punta del Este
Punta del EsteThe lighthouse and the peninsula in evening light

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Punta del Este by Marcelo Campi, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Amalfi or Punta del Este?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Punta del Este for

  • nightlife
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Punta del Este’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, Punta del Este 72: Punta del Este leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Punta del Este 45: Amalfi leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Punta del Este 22: Amalfi leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Punta del Este 60: Punta del Este leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Punta del Este 55: Amalfi leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Punta del Este 45: Amalfi leads by 43 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Punta del Este 55: Punta del Este leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Punta del Este 35: Amalfi leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Punta del Este 42: Punta del Este leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Punta del Este 20: Punta del Este leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi and Punta del Este are level on 22.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi and Punta del Este are level on 32.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Punta del Este.

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 day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Punta del Este
42match

Wins on nightlife 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

Punta del Este in July

15 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
101 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 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.

Punta del Este's temperatures are measured 79 km from the centre, at Rocha.

Punta del Este 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). Punta del Este: 1991-2020 normals, Rocha (78.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiPunta del Este
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112911
Elevation6 m11 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsCapitan Corbeta CA Curbelo International Airport (PDP)18 km from centre6 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiPunta del Este
City population4,7299,277
People per km²830455
Museums within 10 km85
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months3 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.