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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Amman or Antigua Guatemala?

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

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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

Choose Antigua Guatemala for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Antigua Guatemala’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, Antigua Guatemala 6: Amman leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Antigua Guatemala 48: Amman leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Antigua Guatemala 68: Antigua Guatemala leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Antigua Guatemala 34: Antigua Guatemala leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Antigua Guatemala 78: Antigua Guatemala leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Antigua Guatemala 55: Amman leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Amman and Antigua Guatemala are level on 38.
Getting around. Amman 30, Antigua Guatemala 60: Antigua Guatemala leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Antigua Guatemala 45: Antigua Guatemala leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Antigua Guatemala 67: Antigua Guatemala leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Antigua Guatemala 22: Amman leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Antigua Guatemala 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 Antigua Guatemala.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Amman
45match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Antigua Guatemala
47match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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

Antigua Guatemala in July

25 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
188 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AmmanAntigua Guatemala

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.

Antigua Guatemala 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.

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). Antigua Guatemala: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Guatemala Aeropuertola Aurora (23.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanAntigua Guatemala
Official languageArabicSpanish
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Quetzal (GTQ)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-6
Emergency number911Police 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123
Elevation776 m1,582 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanAntigua Guatemala
City population4,007,52659,091
People per km²2,385-
Museums within 10 km82
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31

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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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.