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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
Painted colonial houses in the Pelourinho, Salvador
SalvadorPainted colonial houses in the Pelourinho

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Salvador by Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Amalfi or Salvador?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Salvador for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Salvador’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, Salvador 84: Salvador leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Salvador 66: Salvador leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Salvador 74: Salvador leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 58 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Salvador 52: Amalfi leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Salvador 56: Amalfi leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Salvador 42: Salvador leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Salvador 42: Amalfi leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Salvador 42: Salvador leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Salvador 63: Salvador leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi and Salvador are level on 32.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Salvador.

Your match

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

Amalfi
43match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Salvador
Best match
58match

Wins on nightlife and prices 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

Salvador in July

27 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
201 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
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). Salvador: 1991-2020 normals, Salvador (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiSalvador
Official languageItalianPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation6 m8 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsDeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SSA)20 km from centre31 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiSalvador
City population4,7292,417,678
People per km²8303,489
Museums within 10 km849
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km51
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months12 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.