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The coloured houses stepping down to the sea, Positano
PositanoThe coloured houses stepping down to the sea
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Positano by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Positano or Tallinn?

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

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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, Tallinn 28: Positano leads by 49 points.
Food & drink. Positano 40, Tallinn 52: Tallinn leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Positano 22, Tallinn 68: Tallinn leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Positano 22, Tallinn 44: Tallinn leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Positano 80, Tallinn 55: Positano leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Positano 88, Tallinn 58: Positano leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Positano 28, Tallinn 60: Tallinn leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Positano 35, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Positano 45, Tallinn 40: Positano leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Positano 10, Tallinn 47: Tallinn leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Positano 15, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Positano 45, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Positano and Tallinn.

Your match

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

Positano
42match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Tallinn
Best match
52match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around 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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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. Positano: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Capri (25.3 km from centre). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePositanoTallinn
Official languageItalianEstonian
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
Elevation142 m28 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)33 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePositanoTallinn
City population3,729457,572
People per km²4292,871
Museums within 10 km1016
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.