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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
Santa Claus Village in winter, Rovaniemi
RovaniemiSanta Claus Village in winter

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Rovaniemi by Moskenes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Amalfi or Rovaniemi?

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
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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

Choose Rovaniemi for

  • families
  • wellness
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Rovaniemi’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, Rovaniemi 10: Amalfi leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Rovaniemi 25: Amalfi leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Rovaniemi 22: Amalfi leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Rovaniemi 15: Rovaniemi leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Rovaniemi 78: Amalfi leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Rovaniemi 8: Amalfi leads by 80 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Rovaniemi 72: Rovaniemi leads by 44 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Rovaniemi 36: Amalfi leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Rovaniemi 18: Amalfi leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Amalfi and Rovaniemi are level on 18.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi and Rovaniemi are level on 22.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Rovaniemi 60: Rovaniemi leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Rovaniemi.

Your match

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

Amalfi
Best match
43match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Rovaniemi
32match

Wins on families and wellness 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

Rovaniemi in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
22 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.

Rovaniemi 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). Rovaniemi: 2008-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Rovaniemi Rautatieasema / Kuusela (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiRovaniemi
Official languageItalianFinnish, Swedish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation6 m88 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsRovaniemi Airport (RVN)8 km from centre44 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiRovaniemi
City population4,72965,329
People per km²8309
Museums within 10 km86
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
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.