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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
La Concha beach and Monte Urgull, San Sebastian
San SebastianLa Concha beach and Monte Urgull

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; San Sebastian by Guérin Nicolas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Amalfi or San Sebastian?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose San Sebastian for

  • food and drink
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on San Sebastian’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 Sebastian 68: San Sebastian leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, San Sebastian 88: San Sebastian leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, San Sebastian 52: San Sebastian leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, San Sebastian 44: San Sebastian leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, San Sebastian 72: Amalfi leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, San Sebastian 80: Amalfi leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, San Sebastian 66: San Sebastian leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, San Sebastian 80: San Sebastian leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, San Sebastian 40: San Sebastian leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, San Sebastian 32: San Sebastian leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, San Sebastian 45: San Sebastian leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, San Sebastian 50: San Sebastian leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and San Sebastian.

Your match

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

Amalfi
43match

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

San Sebastian
Best match
60match

Wins on food and drink 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

San Sebastian in July

22 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
92 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
21 °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.

San Sebastian's station stands 252 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). San Sebastian: 1991-2020 normals, San Sebastian / Igueldo (6.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiSan Sebastian
Official languageItalianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation6 m6 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsSan Sebastián Airport (EAS)16 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiSan Sebastian
City population4,729189,866
People per km²8303,118
Museums within 10 km814
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km53
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months2 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.