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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
The Winchester Mystery House, San Jose
San JoseThe Winchester Mystery House

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; San Jose by Roxanna Salceda, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Amalfi or San Jose?

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
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose San Jose for

  • families
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on San Jose’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, San Jose 30: Amalfi leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, San Jose 56: San Jose leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi and San Jose are level on 36.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, San Jose 33: San Jose leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, San Jose 72: Amalfi leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, San Jose 78: Amalfi leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, San Jose 65: San Jose leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, San Jose 30: Amalfi leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, San Jose 48: San Jose leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, San Jose 20: San Jose leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, San Jose 38: San Jose leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, San Jose 30: Amalfi leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and San Jose.

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 beaches and getting around with your weighting.

San Jose
45match

Wins on families and nightlife 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

San Jose in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 °Csea
15 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). San Jose: 1991-2020 normals, San Jose / Santa Clara Trailer Village (8.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiSan Jose
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation6 m25 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsMineta San Jose International Airport (SJC)8 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiSan Jose
City population4,7291,013,240
People per km²8302,167
Museums within 10 km819
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 monthsNone

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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.