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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Amman or Bordeaux?

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
  • wellness
  • day trips

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

Choose Bordeaux for

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Bordeaux’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, Bordeaux 50: Bordeaux leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Bordeaux 78: Bordeaux leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Bordeaux 68: Bordeaux leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Bordeaux 50: Bordeaux leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Bordeaux 58: Bordeaux leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Bordeaux 78: Amman leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Bordeaux 57: Bordeaux leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Bordeaux 76: Bordeaux leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Bordeaux 56: Bordeaux leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Bordeaux 42: Amman leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Bordeaux 55: Bordeaux leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Bordeaux 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 Bordeaux.

Your match

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

Amman
45match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Bordeaux
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around and beaches 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

Bordeaux in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
8 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). Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanBordeaux
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 m1 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanBordeaux
City population4,007,526267,991
People per km²2,3855,425
Museums within 10 km818
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km34

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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.