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The coloured houses stepping down to the sea, Positano
PositanoThe coloured houses stepping down to the sea
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Positano by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Positano or Wellington?

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
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose Wellington for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Positano leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Positano 40, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Positano 22, Wellington 44: Wellington leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Positano 22, Wellington 45: Wellington leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Positano 80, Wellington 78: Positano leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Positano 88, Wellington 40: Positano leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Positano 28, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Positano 35, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Positano 45, Wellington 42: Positano leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Positano 10, Wellington 33: Wellington leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Positano 15, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Positano 45, Wellington 30: Positano leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Positano and Wellington.

Your match

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

Positano
42match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Wellington
Best match
49match

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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °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

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.

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

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). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePositanoWellington
Official languageItalianEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation142 m0 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)33 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePositanoWellington
City population3,729216,200
People per km²429487
Museums within 10 km1012
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
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. 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.