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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Alicante or Amman?

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 Alicante for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Amman for

  • wellness
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Amman’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. Alicante 82, Amman 22: Alicante leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Amman 62: Alicante leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Amman 54: Amman leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Amman 32: Alicante leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Amman 45: Alicante leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Amman 80: Amman leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Amman 38: Alicante leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Amman 30: Alicante leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Amman 42: Alicante leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Amman 58: Alicante leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Amman 27: Alicante leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Amman 55: Amman leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Amman.

Your match

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

Alicante
Best match
59match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

Amman
45match

Wins on wellness and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Alicante in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Amman in July

33 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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

Amman 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.

Amman's sunshine is measured 55 km from the centre, at Mafraq.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Amman: 1994-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Amman Airport (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteAmman
Official languageSpanishArabic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Jordanian Dinar (JOD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzBCFGJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112911
Elevation3 m776 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteAmman
City population366,2214,007,526
People per km²1,8192,385
Museums within 10 km88
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.