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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Amalfi or Thessaloniki?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose Thessaloniki for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Thessaloniki’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, Thessaloniki 55: Amalfi leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Thessaloniki 77: Thessaloniki leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Thessaloniki 73: Thessaloniki leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Thessaloniki 76: Thessaloniki leads by 64 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Thessaloniki 66: Amalfi leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Thessaloniki 74: Amalfi leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Thessaloniki 50: Thessaloniki leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Thessaloniki 60: Thessaloniki leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Thessaloniki 50: Thessaloniki leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Thessaloniki 52: Thessaloniki leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Thessaloniki 33: Thessaloniki leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Thessaloniki.

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.

Thessaloniki
Best match
61match

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

Thessaloniki in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
26 °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). Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiThessaloniki
Official languageItalianGreek
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation6 m6 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiThessaloniki
City population4,729309,617
People per km²83016,042
Museums within 10 km832
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km51
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months5 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.