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The coloured houses stepping down to the sea, Positano
PositanoThe coloured houses stepping down to the sea
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Positano by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Positano 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 Positano for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • nightlife

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. Positano 77, Tokyo 40: Positano leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Positano 40, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 58 points.
Culture & sights. Positano 22, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 62 points.
Nightlife. Positano 22, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 64 points.
Nature & outdoors. Positano 80, Tokyo 68: Positano leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Positano 88, Tokyo 85: Positano leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Positano 28, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 67 points.
Getting around. Positano 35, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 63 points.
Shopping & style. Positano 45, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 54 points.
Affordability. Positano 10, Tokyo 48: Tokyo leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Positano 15, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 71 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Positano 45, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Positano and Tokyo.

Your match

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

Positano
42match

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

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

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

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

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). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePositanoTokyo
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
Elevation142 m6 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)33 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

MeasurePositanoTokyo
City population3,72914,264,798
People per km²4296,501
Museums within 10 km10192
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.