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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Amalfi or Quito?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Quito for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Quito’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, Quito 5: Amalfi leads by 59 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Quito 54: Quito leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Quito 77: Quito leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Quito 40: Quito leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Quito 86: Quito leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Quito 55: Amalfi leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Quito 32: Quito leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Quito 45: Amalfi leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Quito 40: Quito leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Quito 78: Quito leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Quito 38: Quito leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Quito 44: Quito leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Quito.

Your match

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

Amalfi
43match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Quito
Best match
50match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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

Quito in July

18 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 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.

Quito's station stands 208 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Amalfi: 1991-2020 normals, Grazzanise (64.7 km from centre). Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiQuito
Official languageItalianSpanish, Shuar, Northern Quichua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112911
Elevation6 m2,850 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiQuito
City population4,7291,763,275
People per km²8304,735
Museums within 10 km816
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km52
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. 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.