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Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge
The coloured houses stepping down to the sea, Positano
PositanoThe coloured houses stepping down to the sea

Photos: London by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Positano by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

London or Positano?

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 London for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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

Choose Positano for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Positano’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. London 25, Positano 77: Positano leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. London 84, Positano 40: London leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. London 94, Positano 22: London leads by 72 points.
Nightlife. London 88, Positano 22: London leads by 66 points.
Nature & outdoors. London 57, Positano 80: Positano leads by 23 points.
Day trips. London 90, Positano 88: London leads by 2 points.
Good for families. London 82, Positano 28: London leads by 54 points.
Getting around. London 85, Positano 35: London leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. London 95, Positano 45: London leads by 50 points.
Affordability. London 15, Positano 10: London leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. London 98, Positano 15: London leads by 83 points.
Wellness & relaxation. London 40, Positano 45: Positano leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: London and Positano.

Your match

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

London
Best match
71match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Positano
42match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Positano in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °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

Positano's temperatures are measured 25 km from the centre, at Capri.

Positano 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.

Positano's sunshine is measured 59 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre). Positano: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Capri (25.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLondonPositano
Official languageEnglishItalian
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation4 m142 m
Main airportLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinationsNaples International Airport (NAP)33 km from centre131 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLondonPositano
City population8,799,7283,729
People per km²5,598429
Museums within 10 km21610
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km45
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.