What if the weather is bad?

The Amalfi Coast generally experiences clear, dry, and sunny weather from April until November. Thunderstorms are not common, but if they do occur, they form in the afternoon due to extreme heat. You can avoid unnecessary risks by scheduling hikes early in the day. Meanwhile, hiking during a light rain is feasible as long as appropriate clothing is worn. In the event of severe weather, we can reschedule or find alternate activities for you.

Is it possible to accommodate my dietary restrictions?

The accommodations usually provide breakfast options for both vegetarians and vegans. Additionally, finding restaurants that offer similar menus should not be a problem.

Are these vacations suitable for children?

Our walking holidays can be appropriate for kids if they are in good enough physical shape, as the paths are not technically demanding. To guarantee their safety and enjoyment, we suggest a minimum age of 8 years for children to join the tours.

What level of fitness is required for these vacations?

Our tours cater to everyone who is not a stranger to physical activity. We adapt the walking distance, elevation gain, and losses to make it less demanding, but you must still not underestimate the challenges. The paths often include steps that can be narrow and steep, sometimes with some exposure, so it might not be enjoyable for people afraid of heights. We suggest you bring hiking poles to help your knees do some of the hard work. You can prepare for our walking holidays by walking as many stairs as possible and getting used to the strain on your knees. However, if you still feel the hikes will be too challenging, the vast majority can be shortened and adjusted to your fitness level.

Which shoes are the most appropriate for walking on the Amalfi Coast?

Shoes are every hiker’s essential piece of equipment. Although the paths on the Amalfi Coast are largely well-trodden and even include steps, the ground can still be uneven. Therefore, we advise you to wear hiking boots with ankle support, preventing you from injuring yourself in case of fatigue. We also highly recommend bringing hiker poles to take some stress off your legs.

Is it advisable to travel by car or rent one?

While having a car might provide a slight increase in flexibility and independence, it’s not necessary, as you can mostly take a bus to reach the Amalfi Coast and travel between different locations there. Furthermore, traveling by bus will help you contribute to sustainable tourism by reducing your carbon footprint, and we fully support preserving the environment in its natural state.

How are the bus connections along the Amalfi Coast?

The bus connections are good, but if you are visiting when the coast is busy, it can happen that they are full and you have to wait for another. In such cases, if you wish to get started with your hikes early, you can always rely on taxis which we can coordinate for you.

Best Time to Visit the Amalfi Coast for Walking, Month by Month

Q: When is the best time to visit the Amalfi Coast for walking holidays?

The ideal time to visit the Amalfi Coast is early spring (April to June) and fall (September to November) due to mild and dry weather. During summer, it might get too hot for a pleasant hike. However, July still offers good conditions earlier in the day. In August, on the other hand, Italians celebrate holidays, so the coast can get pretty busy aside from the high temperatures. We suggest visiting earlier or later. A walking holiday is possible even during winter, but that is also when rainfall is more common.

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The Amalfi Coast month by month for walkers: heat on the paths, daylight, ferry and hotel seasons, festivals, and why May and October are the months to book.

The best time to visit the Amalfi Coast for walking is May or October. Both are warm enough to swim but rarely hot on the paths: at the Capri weather station, an average May has 1.6 days of 30 °C or more and October 0.6, against 25.8 in August.

Most visitors still come in July and August, when the paths are in full sun from mid-morning. Plan the year around the walking, not the beach, and spring and autumn beat summer on everything but sea temperature.

The essentials:

Best months: May and October, with October the best single month
Walking season: April to June and September to November
Hottest: July and August, with highs of 32 °C (90 °F) on the coast
Wettest: October to December, 85 to 96 mm of rain a month
Busiest: August, and the weeks around Easter, 1 May and 2 June
Cheapest and quietest: November to March, when most hotels are closed

Walking Seasons on the Amalfi Coast

The year splits into four walking seasons, each with its own light, heat and crowds.

Flowers in the Ravello gardens and on the terraces, highs of 20 to 24 °C, and the ferries running again from 1 April.

Fifteen hours of daylight and a sea of about 23 °C. Walk early, as 11 days in an average June reach 30 °C.

The hottest and busiest months, with highs of 32 °C. Walk at dawn or in the shaded valleys, and swim in the afternoon.

Warm sea, softer light and the new peak months for hotel stays. The rain returns in October, and the ferries stop in early November.

Winter, from December to March, falls outside our walking weeks. It is the emptiest time on the coast, with short days, the most rain and most hotels closed.

The Amalfi Coast Month by Month

Temperatures and rain below are 1991 to 2020 averages from the Capri weather station, 160 m above the sea. The villages higher up, such as Ravello at 350 m and Agerola at about 630 m, run cooler.

January to March

Days are short, with 9 hours 34 minutes of light in mid-January, and highs of 14 to 17 °C. Most hotels in Positano and Amalfi close from late November to mid-March, and only the Salerno to Amalfi ferry runs along the coast.

The paths are empty and green after the winter rain, but wet stone steps are slippery, and January has eight rainy days. Easter brings the first visitors; in 2027 it falls on 28 March, the day the clocks go forward.

Positano appearing through low cloud from the trail above, the view on a damp day out of season

April

April is when the coast reopens. NLG's ferries start on 1 April, Capri's €5 landing tax applies again, and highs reach about 20 °C, with 13 hours of daylight by mid-month.

It is the month of flowers and green terraces, and our walking weeks start in April. Expect a few showers, on 5.5 days on average, and busy towns over Easter and the 25 April holiday. On days with an orange or red weather alert, keep off the exposed paths such as the Path of the Gods.

Green terraces below the Path of the Gods, at their freshest in April and May

May

May is the best spring month for the Path of the Gods. Highs are about 24 °C, rain falls on fewer than four days, and the sun sets after 20:00, so a full day's walk fits easily.

The sea is still cool at about 19 °C, and the summer crowds have not yet arrived. Book early for the long weekends around 1 May and 2 June, Italy's Labour Day and Republic Day.

Two walkers on the Sentiero degli Dei above the bay of Positano, with the Li Galli islands offshore

June

June has the longest days, 15 hours of light, and a sea warm enough for a swim at about 23 °C. It is also when the heat arrives: an average June has 11 days of 30 °C or more.

On exposed paths such as the Path of the Gods, start walking by 8 am and finish before the midday sun. On 27 June Amalfi holds the summer feast of Sant'Andrea, for the storm that saved the town from the pirate Barbarossa in 1544.

Punta Campanella from above, where the sea is clear and warm enough for a swim by June

July and August

These are the hottest months, with highs of 32 °C (90 °F) and more than 22 days a month at 30 °C or above. The paths are in full sun from mid-morning, and in August 2026 a rescue helicopter flew walkers off the Path of the Gods.

Walk at dawn, or choose the Valle delle Ferriere, which the regional park describes as cool and humid even in high summer. The Ravello Festival opens in early July, and Positano's Festa dell'Assunta ends with fireworks over the bay on 15 August.

Positano's Spiaggia Grande lined with umbrellas, the beach at its busiest in August

September

September is warm, with highs of about 28 °C and the sea at its summer best, around 25 °C. The local tourism district now counts September and October as the peak months for hotel stays, many of them by American visitors.

The heat lasts: an average September still has almost 10 days of 30 °C or more, so keep the early starts. The rain returns, on 5.5 days, and the Ravello Festival closes in early September.

The umbrella pines of Villa Rufolo in Ravello, home of the Ravello Festival until early September

October

October is the best single month for walking. Highs are about 24 °C (75 °F), the sea is still around 22 °C, and only 0.6 days reach 30 °C, so the paths are comfortable all day.

It is also wetter, with 88 mm of rain on about seven days and two or three heavy downpours. Days shorten fast: the clocks go back on 25 October 2026, and sunset moves from about 18:00 to about 17:00.

A walker with poles on the Path of the Gods, with the Sorrento peninsula and Capri ahead

November and December

November is the wettest month, with 96 mm of rain on nine days, but highs are still about 18 °C and the paths are quiet. NLG's ferries stop on 3 November, and the last departures of our 11-day Amalfi to Sorrento week run in November.

On 30 November Amalfi holds its main feast of Sant'Andrea, with bells at 5 am and the statue carried at a run up the cathedral steps. After mid-November many restaurants in Positano close until spring.

The cliffs above Positano under low cloud, as they often are in November, the wettest month

Amalfi Coast Weather by Month

Averages for the Capri station, 1991 to 2020, with sea temperatures for the Gulf of Salerno over the last ten years:

January: 14 °C (57 °F) high, 9 °C (48 °F) low; 71 mm of rain on 8 days; sea 16 °C
February: 14 °C (57 °F) high, 8 °C (46 °F) low; 58 mm on 7 days; sea 15 °C
March: 17 °C (62 °F) high, 10 °C (50 °F) low; 53 mm on 7 days; sea 15 °C
April: 20 °C (68 °F) high, 12 °C (54 °F) low; 40 mm on 6 days; sea 16 °C
May: 24 °C (75 °F) high, 16 °C (61 °F) low; 26 mm on 4 days; sea 19 °C
June: 29 °C (84 °F) high, 20 °C (68 °F) low; 16 mm on 2 days; sea 23 °C
July: 32 °C (90 °F) high, 22 °C (72 °F) low; 11 mm on 1 day; sea 26 °C
August: 32 °C (90 °F) high, 23 °C (73 °F) low; 24 mm on 2 days; sea 27 °C
September: 28 °C (82 °F) high, 20 °C (68 °F) low; 58 mm on 6 days; sea 25 °C
October: 24 °C (75 °F) high, 17 °C (63 °F) low; 88 mm on 7 days; sea 22 °C
November: 18 °C (64 °F) high, 13 °C (55 °F) low; 96 mm on 9 days; sea 20 °C
December: 15 °C (59 °F) high, 10 °C (50 °F) low; 85 mm on 9 days; sea 17 °C

September or October for Walking?

Most guides to the Amalfi Coast pick September, for the warmer sea. For walking, October is the better month: an average September still has almost 10 days of 30 °C or more, and October has 0.6.

Monte San Michele above Positano, a mountain walk to keep for the cooler days of October

September has the warmer sea, about 25 °C against 22 °C, and less rain, 58 mm against 88 mm. October has quieter paths by the second half of the month, but the season winds down fast at the end of October: the clocks go back on the 25th, Positano Jet stops on the 31st and NLG on 3 November.

For both walking and swimming, aim for the last week of September or the first two weeks of October.

Crowds, Cruise Ships and Prices

The busiest days are Easter week, the long weekends around 1 May and 2 June, and Ferragosto on 15 August. In 2026, Salerno's cruise terminal expected 183 ship calls and up to 400,000 passengers, many of them on day trips along the coast.

Positano's Spiaggia Grande below Santa Maria Assunta on a busy summer day

Hotel prices follow the season. Positano charges its tourist tax from 1 April to 31 October, its own definition of the season, and May and June cost less than July and August. Book early for September and October, now the peak months for hotel stays.

Drivers face odd and even number plates on the SS163 from 10:00 to 18:00, every day in August and September 2026 and at weekends in October.

Heat, Daylight and Start Times on the Paths

Most of the famous paths face south over the sea with little shade. The Path of the Gods runs 5.3 km from Bomerano to Nocelle with long stretches in full sun, and its only water points are at Bomerano, Colle La Serra and Nocelle.

Picnic tables under a rock arch above the coast, one of the few shaded stops on the open paths

From June to September, start by 8 am, carry at least 1.5 litres of water each and plan to finish by early afternoon. In spring and autumn you can start later, but check the sunset time before you set off: it is 20:13 in mid-May and 16:44 in mid-November.

Fire risk is high in the summer months. In 2026 Campania declared its forest-fire danger period from 15 June, later extended to 15 October, so never light a fire or a stove in the woods.

What Opens and Closes When

The season on the coast runs from Easter to the end of October. Positano charges its tourist tax only from 1 April to 31 October, and most hotels in Positano and Amalfi close from late November to mid-March.

NLG's ferries run from 1 April to 3 November 2026 and Positano Jet's until 31 October. Travelmar keeps the Salerno to Amalfi route all year, while its Positano boats run from April to October, according to the local CAI section.

The gorge of the Valle delle Ferriere, whose reserve is visited by booking with the Comune di Scala

Sights change too. Via Krupp on Capri reopened on 2 April 2026 after winter works, and the Monte Solaro chairlift closes for about 20 days in January and February. Check opening days before you plan a walk around a sight, as winter hours change from year to year.

The SITA buses run all year, on a new winter timetable from 2 November.

Festivals That Fill the Towns

Feast days bring crowds to the towns, so plan walks around them. Amalfi's feast of Sant'Andrea falls on 27 June and 30 November, and Ravello honours San Pantaleone on 27 July with a procession and fireworks.

Summer has the most events. The Ravello Festival ran from 4 July to 5 September in 2026, and the 2027 edition opens on 4 July with Beethoven's Fidelio. Amalfi and Atrani hold the Byzantine New Year from 31 August to 2 September, one of the free things to do on the Amalfi Coast at the end of summer.

Flowers and an umbrella pine above the sea in Ravello, the town of the July to September festival

The Regatta of the Ancient Maritime Republics moves between Amalfi, Genoa, Pisa and Venice. Amalfi last hosted it in May 2025, and the 2026 race was in Pisa, so book rooms early in a regatta year if it is Amalfi's turn.

Ready to Walk the Amalfi Coast?

Our walking weeks run from April to November, with your luggage moved between the hotels and the bus and ferry times in the tour notes. The five-day Best of the Amalfi Coast is the shortest, from Amalfi to Positano over the Path of the Gods.

Woman in white dress and straw hat overlooking colorful town and turquoise sea on Amalfi Coast.

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All ten walks are in the guide to walking the Amalfi Coast, with distances and climbs. The buses and ferries to each trailhead are in getting around the Amalfi Coast.

Frequently Asked Questions

For walking, October: highs of about 24 °C (75 °F), a sea of 22 °C and almost no days above 30 °C. May is the best month in spring, and September if swimming matters more than walking.

September has the warmer sea and less rain; October is cooler on the paths, with almost no days of 30 °C. The last week of September and the first half of October give you both.

November, with about 96 mm of rain on nine days at the Capri station. October and December are almost as wet.

At least four or five for walking: a day each for the Path of the Gods, the valleys above Amalfi, Ravello and Capri. Our shortest walking week is five days.

Amalfi, for walking: every SITA line and most ferries leave its harbour. Positano is prettier and ends the Path of the Gods, but has more steps and fewer buses.

It is one of Italy's dearer coasts, above all in July and August. May and June cost less, and the tourist tax in Positano applies only from April to October.

May or October, when the steps and the Path of the Gods above the town are cool enough to walk. In August, Positano's beach and buses are at their busiest.

Yes. The sea is about 22 °C in October and still about 20 °C in November. In April it is about 16 °C, too cold for most people.