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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
The Thiou canal with the castle behind, Annecy
AnnecyThe Thiou canal with the castle behind

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Annecy by Dmitry A. Mottl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Amman or Annecy?

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
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Annecy for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Annecy’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, Annecy 55: Annecy leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Annecy 50: Amman leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Annecy 38: Amman leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Annecy 25: Amman leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Annecy 92: Annecy leads by 47 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Annecy 70: Amman leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Annecy 60: Annecy leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Annecy 62: Annecy leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Annecy 35: Amman leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Annecy 35: Amman leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Annecy 33: Annecy leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Annecy 48: Amman leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Annecy.

Your match

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

Amman
45match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Annecy
Best match
50match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches 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
14 hdaylight a day

Annecy in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 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.

Annecy 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.

Annecy's sunshine is measured 39 km from the centre, at Geneve-Cointrin.

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). Annecy: 2007-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Annecy / Metz-Tessy (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanAnnecy
Official languageArabicFrench
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation776 m418 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsGeneva International Airport (GVA)38 km from centre150 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanAnnecy
City population4,007,526132,117
People per km²2,3851,975
Museums within 10 km81
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32

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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. 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.