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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
The cathedral of Santa Marta, Santa Marta
Santa MartaThe cathedral of Santa Marta

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Santa Marta by Oliver H, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Amalfi or Santa Marta?

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
  • getting around
  • shopping

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

Choose Santa Marta for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Santa Marta’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, Santa Marta 70: Santa Marta leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Santa Marta 44: Amalfi leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Santa Marta 34: Amalfi leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Santa Marta 50: Santa Marta leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Santa Marta 84: Santa Marta leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Santa Marta 38: Amalfi leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Santa Marta 40: Santa Marta leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Santa Marta 38: Amalfi leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Santa Marta 27: Amalfi leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Santa Marta 80: Santa Marta leads by 62 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Santa Marta 17: Amalfi leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Santa Marta 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 Santa Marta.

Your match

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

Amalfi
43match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Santa Marta
Best match
46match

Wins on prices 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

Santa Marta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 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). Santa Marta: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Marta / Simon Bolivar (11.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiSanta Marta
Official languageItalianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Colombian Peso (COP)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112123
Elevation6 m8 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsSimón Bolívar International Airport (SMR)13 km from centre6 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days19 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiSanta Marta
City population4,729505,915
People per km²8301,723
Museums within 10 km83
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
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. 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.