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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Amman or Avignon?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Avignon for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Avignon’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 and Avignon are level on 22.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Avignon 57: Amman leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Avignon 69: Avignon leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Avignon 30: Amman leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Avignon 70: Avignon leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Avignon 92: Avignon leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Avignon 45: Avignon leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Avignon 62: Avignon leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Avignon 38: Amman leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Avignon 44: Amman leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Avignon 68: Avignon leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Avignon 35: Amman leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Avignon.

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.

Avignon
Best match
53match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Avignon in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
24 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 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.

Avignon 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.

Avignon's sunshine is measured 65 km from the centre, at Marseille / Marignane.

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). Avignon: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Avignon / Morières-lès-Avignon (8.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanAvignon
Official languageArabicFrench
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 m10 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanAvignon
City population4,007,52692,188
People per km²2,3851,420
Museums within 10 km811
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km36

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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.