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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
The church of La Compania under a blue sky, Arequipa
ArequipaThe church of La Compania under a blue sky

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Arequipa by DocSlyper, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Amman or Arequipa?

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
  • wellness
  • beaches

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

Choose Arequipa for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Arequipa’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, Arequipa 8: Amman leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Arequipa 66: Arequipa leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Arequipa 64: Arequipa leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Arequipa 36: Arequipa leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Arequipa 74: Arequipa leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Arequipa 30: Amman leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Arequipa 35: Amman leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Arequipa 54: Arequipa leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Arequipa 44: Arequipa leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Arequipa 82: Arequipa leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman and Arequipa are level on 27.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Arequipa 34: Amman leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Arequipa.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Amman
45match

Wins on day trips and wellness with your weighting.

Arequipa
46match

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

Arequipa in July

21 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
11 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.

Arequipa's station stands 203 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

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). Arequipa: 1991-2020 normals, Arequipa (9.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanArequipa
Official languageArabicSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Sol (PEN)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5
Emergency number911111 or 911
Elevation776 m2,335 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsRodríguez Ballón International Airport (AQP)7 km from centre2 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-17 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanArequipa
City population4,007,5261,008,290
People per km²2,3851,551
Museums within 10 km83
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.