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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Amman or Belgrade?

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
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Belgrade for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Belgrade’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, Belgrade 40: Belgrade leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Belgrade 60: Amman leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Belgrade 52: Amman leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Belgrade 80: Belgrade leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Belgrade 50: Belgrade leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Belgrade 60: Amman leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Belgrade 45: Belgrade leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Belgrade 55: Belgrade leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Amman and Belgrade are level on 42.
Affordability. Amman 58, Belgrade 70: Belgrade leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Belgrade 55: Belgrade leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Belgrade 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 Belgrade.

Your match

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

Amman
45match

Wins on wellness and day trips with your weighting.

Belgrade
Best match
53match

Wins on nightlife 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

Belgrade in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
67 mmrain in the month
10 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.

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). Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanBelgrade
Official languageArabicSerbian
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Serbian Dinar (RSD)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911Police 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193
Elevation776 m117 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanBelgrade
City population4,007,5261,197,714
People per km²2,3853,327
Museums within 10 km865
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30

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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.