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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
San Petronio on Piazza Maggiore, Bologna
BolognaSan Petronio on Piazza Maggiore

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Bologna by Vanni Lazzari, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Amman or Bologna?

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

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

Choose Bologna for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Bologna’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, Bologna 30: Bologna leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Bologna 82: Bologna leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Bologna 77: Bologna leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Bologna 58: Bologna leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Bologna 52: Bologna leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Bologna 95: Bologna leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Bologna 50: Bologna leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Bologna 76: Bologna leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Bologna 55: Bologna leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Bologna 48: Amman leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Bologna 60: Bologna leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Bologna 40: Amman leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Bologna.

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.

Bologna
Best match
60match

Wins on getting around 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

Bologna in July

32 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
11 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.

Bologna 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.

Bologna's sunshine is measured 82 km from the centre, at Cervia.

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). Bologna: 1991-2020 normals, Bologna / Borgo Panigale (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanBologna
Official languageArabicItalian
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation776 m54 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsBologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)6 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanBologna
City population4,007,526387,971
People per km²2,3852,754
Museums within 10 km868
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km33

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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.