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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
The Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest
BudapestThe Fisherman's Bastion

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Budapest by Perituss, CC0.

Amman or Budapest?

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

  • day trips

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

Choose Budapest for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Budapest’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, Budapest 25: Budapest leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Budapest 63: Budapest leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Budapest 80: Budapest leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Budapest 78: Budapest leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Budapest 58: Budapest leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Budapest 68: Amman leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Budapest 62: Budapest leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Budapest 78: Budapest leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Budapest 55: Budapest leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Budapest 62: Budapest leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Budapest 76: Budapest leads by 49 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Budapest 98: Budapest leads by 43 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Budapest.

Your match

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

Amman
45match

Wins on day trips with your weighting.

Budapest
Best match
67match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around 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

Budapest in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
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.

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). Budapest: 1991-2020 normals, Budapest Met Center (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanBudapest
Official languageArabicHungarian
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Forint (HUF)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation776 m117 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsBudapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)18 km from centre157 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanBudapest
City population4,007,5261,675,777
People per km²2,3853,191
Museums within 10 km881
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31

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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). 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.