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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Amalfi or Valparaiso?

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
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Amalfi leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Valparaiso 50: Valparaiso leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Valparaiso 62: Valparaiso leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Valparaiso 60: Amalfi leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Valparaiso 63: Amalfi leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Valparaiso 33: Valparaiso leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Valparaiso 44: Amalfi leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Valparaiso 30: Amalfi leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Valparaiso 38: Valparaiso leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Valparaiso 18: Amalfi leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Amalfi
43match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Valparaiso
Best match
46match

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

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °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.

Valparaiso 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). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiValparaiso
Official languageItalianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation6 m21 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiValparaiso
City population4,729296,655
People per km²8306,180
Museums within 10 km817
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km51
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 monthsNone

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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.