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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
A canal bridge in autumn, Amsterdam
AmsterdamA canal bridge in autumn

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Amsterdam by Hans, Pexels License.

Amman or Amsterdam?

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 Amman for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • food and drink

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

Choose Amsterdam for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Amsterdam’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. Amman 22, Amsterdam 25: Amsterdam leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Amsterdam 58: Amman leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Amsterdam 82: Amsterdam leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Amsterdam 77: Amsterdam leads by 45 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Amsterdam 47: Amsterdam leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Amsterdam 87: Amsterdam leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Amsterdam 72: Amsterdam leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Amsterdam 86: Amsterdam leads by 56 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Amsterdam 68: Amsterdam leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Amsterdam 22: Amman leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Amsterdam 78: Amsterdam leads by 51 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Amsterdam 42: Amman leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Amsterdam.

Your match

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

Amman
45match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Amsterdam
Best match
62match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Amsterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
84 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
16 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.

Amsterdam 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.

Amsterdam's sunshine is measured 35 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Amman: 1994-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Amman Airport (6 km from centre). Amsterdam: 1991-2020 normals, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (12 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanAmsterdam
Official languageArabicDutch
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation776 m-2 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsAmsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)12 km from centre287 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanAmsterdam
City population4,007,526921,468
People per km²2,3854,208
Museums within 10 km8101
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km35
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.