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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
The old town hall, Boca Raton
Boca RatonThe old town hall

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Boca Raton by Spudgun67, CC0.

Amman or Boca Raton?

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
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Boca Raton for

  • beaches
  • families
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Boca Raton’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, Boca Raton 82: Boca Raton leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Boca Raton 44: Amman leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Boca Raton 28: Amman leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Amman and Boca Raton are level on 32.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Boca Raton 50: Boca Raton leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Boca Raton 60: Amman leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Boca Raton 62: Boca Raton leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Boca Raton 18: Amman leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Boca Raton 54: Boca Raton leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Boca Raton 22: Amman leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Boca Raton 33: Boca Raton leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Boca Raton 42: Amman leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Boca Raton.

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 prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Boca Raton
44match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Boca Raton in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
191 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AmmanBoca Raton

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.

Boca Raton 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). Boca Raton: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Pompano Beach / Kendall Green (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanBoca Raton
Official languageArabic-
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation776 m4 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)33 km from centre138 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanBoca Raton
City population4,007,52697,422
People per km²2,3851,203
Museums within 10 km85
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.