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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
The Opera House from the water, Sydney
SydneyThe Opera House from the water

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Sydney by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Amalfi or Sydney?

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

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

Choose Sydney for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Sydney’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, Sydney 95: Sydney leads by 31 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Sydney 77: Sydney leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Sydney 60: Sydney leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Sydney 60: Sydney leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Sydney 85: Sydney leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Sydney 50: Amalfi leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Sydney 75: Sydney leads by 47 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Sydney 75: Sydney leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Sydney 68: Sydney leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Sydney 22: Sydney leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Sydney 73: Sydney leads by 51 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Sydney 55: Sydney leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Sydney.

Your match

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

Amalfi
43match

Wins on day trips with your weighting.

Sydney
Best match
66match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Sydney in July

18 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
10 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). Sydney: 1991-2020 normals, Sydney Airport (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiSydney
Official languageItalianEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number112000
Elevation6 m6 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsSydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD)9 km from centre99 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiSydney
City population4,7295,450,496
People per km²830449
Museums within 10 km838
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km52
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months6 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.