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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
Pulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon, Bath
BathPulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Bath by Lucas Carlini, Pexels License.

Amman or Bath?

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
  • food and drink
  • beaches

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

Choose Bath for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Bath’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, Bath 10: Amman leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Bath 44: Amman leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Bath 68: Bath leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Bath 30: Amman leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Bath 58: Bath leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Amman and Bath are level on 80.
Good for families. Amman 38, Bath 50: Bath leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Bath 72: Bath leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Bath 54: Bath leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Bath 27: Amman leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Bath 44: Bath leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Bath 78: Bath leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Bath.

Your match

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

Amman
45match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Bath
Best match
51match

Wins on getting around and wellness 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

Bath in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
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.

Bath's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Lyneham.

Bath 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). Bath: 1991-2020 normals, Lyneham (29.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanBath
Official languageArabicEnglish
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112 or 999
Elevation776 m132 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsBristol Airport (BRS)25 km from centre117 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-8 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanBath
City population4,007,52694,092
People per km²2,3853,245
Museums within 10 km817
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.