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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License.

Amman or Antwerp?

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

  • wellness
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Antwerp for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Antwerp’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, Antwerp 15: Amman leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Amman and Antwerp are level on 62.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Antwerp 73: Antwerp leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Antwerp 56: Antwerp leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Antwerp 33: Amman leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Antwerp 86: Antwerp leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Antwerp 62: Antwerp leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Antwerp 75: Antwerp leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Antwerp 70: Antwerp leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Antwerp 38: Amman leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Antwerp 58: Antwerp leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Antwerp 30: Amman leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Antwerp.

Your match

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

Amman
45match

Wins on wellness and prices with your weighting.

Antwerp
Best match
55match

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
14 hdaylight a day

Antwerp in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
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.

Antwerp 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.

Antwerp's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Uccle.

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). Antwerp: 1991-2020 normals, Antwerpen / Deurne (5.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanAntwerp
Official languageArabicFrench, German, Dutch
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 m7 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanAntwerp
City population4,007,526529,247
People per km²2,3852,542
Museums within 10 km838
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km39

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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.