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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
The Auckland skyline and Sky Tower from the Waitematā Harbour, Auckland
AucklandThe Auckland skyline and Sky Tower from the Waitematā Harbour

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain.

Amman or Auckland?

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
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Auckland for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Auckland’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, Auckland 68: Auckland leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Amman and Auckland are level on 62.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Auckland 44: Amman leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Auckland 42: Auckland leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Auckland 83: Auckland leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Auckland 55: Amman leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Auckland 70: Auckland leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Auckland 42: Auckland leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Auckland 45: Auckland leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Auckland 32: Amman leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Auckland 45: Auckland leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Auckland 45: Amman leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Auckland.

Your match

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

Amman
45match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Auckland
Best match
53match

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

Auckland in July

14 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
135 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 °Csea
10 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.

Auckland's station stands 189 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler 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). Auckland: 1961-1990 normals, Auckland Aerodrome Aws (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanAuckland
Official languageArabicEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number911111
Elevation776 m196 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanAuckland
City population4,007,5261,470,100
People per km²2,3852,630
Museums within 10 km815
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C-1 month

Where else could you go?

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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. 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.