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The coloured houses stepping down to the sea, Positano
PositanoThe coloured houses stepping down to the sea
The boardwalk at Delaware Avenue, Rehoboth Beach
Rehoboth BeachThe boardwalk at Delaware Avenue

Photos: Positano by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Rehoboth Beach by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Positano or Rehoboth Beach?

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 Positano for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Rehoboth Beach for

  • families
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Rehoboth Beach’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. Positano 77, Rehoboth Beach 70: Positano leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Positano 40, Rehoboth Beach 44: Rehoboth Beach leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Positano 22, Rehoboth Beach 14: Positano leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Positano 22, Rehoboth Beach 40: Rehoboth Beach leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Positano 80, Rehoboth Beach 50: Positano leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Positano 88, Rehoboth Beach 50: Positano leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Positano 28, Rehoboth Beach 70: Rehoboth Beach leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Positano 35, Rehoboth Beach 50: Rehoboth Beach leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Positano and Rehoboth Beach are level on 45.
Affordability. Positano 10, Rehoboth Beach 32: Rehoboth Beach leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Positano 15, Rehoboth Beach 28: Rehoboth Beach leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Positano 45, Rehoboth Beach 32: Positano leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Positano and Rehoboth Beach.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Positano
42match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Rehoboth Beach
44match

Wins on families 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.

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

Rehoboth Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
92 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
23 °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.

Rehoboth Beach 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. Positano: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Capri (25.3 km from centre). Rehoboth Beach: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Georgetown / Rogers Development (24.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePositanoRehoboth Beach
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation142 m5 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)33 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)56 km from centre4 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePositanoRehoboth Beach
City population3,7291,108
People per km²429258
Museums within 10 km102
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months3 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.