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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Amalfi or Tokyo?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • nightlife
  • families
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Amalfi leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 50 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 74 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Tokyo 68: Amalfi leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Tokyo 85: Amalfi leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 67 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 65 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Tokyo 48: Tokyo leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 64 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 46 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Tokyo.

Your match

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

Amalfi
43match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on nightlife 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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 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). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiTokyo
Official languageItalianJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation6 m6 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiTokyo
City population4,72914,264,798
People per km²8306,501
Museums within 10 km8192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km51
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months4 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.