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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License.

Amman or Antalya?

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

  • food and drink
  • day trips

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

Choose Antalya for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Antalya’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, Antalya 82: Antalya leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Antalya 57: Amman leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Antalya 55: Antalya leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Antalya 48: Antalya leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Antalya 83: Antalya leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Antalya 78: Amman leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Antalya 74: Antalya leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Antalya 50: Antalya leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Antalya 44: Antalya leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Antalya 62: Antalya leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Antalya 40: Antalya leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Antalya 62: Antalya leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Antalya.

Your match

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

Amman
45match

Wins on food and drink and day trips with your weighting.

Antalya
Best match
61match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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

Antalya in July

35 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AmmanAntalya

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. Amman: 1994-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Amman Airport (6 km from centre). Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanAntalya
Official languageArabicTurkish
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+3
Emergency number911112
Elevation776 m30 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanAntalya
City population4,007,5262,426,356
People per km²2,3851,712
Museums within 10 km85
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 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. 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). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.