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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
The Scott Monument and Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh
EdinburghThe Scott Monument and Princes Street Gardens

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Edinburgh by Carlos Delgado, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Amman or Edinburgh?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Edinburgh for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Edinburgh’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 and Edinburgh are level on 22.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Edinburgh 53: Amman leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Edinburgh 75: Edinburgh leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Edinburgh 50: Edinburgh leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Edinburgh 75: Edinburgh leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Edinburgh 75: Amman leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Edinburgh 62: Edinburgh leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Edinburgh 74: Edinburgh leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Edinburgh 50: Edinburgh leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Edinburgh 30: Amman leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Edinburgh 72: Edinburgh leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Edinburgh 34: Amman leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Edinburgh.

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.

Edinburgh
Best match
56match

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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Edinburgh in July

19 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
66 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
17 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.

Edinburgh 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.

Edinburgh's sunshine is measured 52 km from the centre, at Leuchars.

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). Edinburgh: 1991-2020 normals, Edinburgh Airport (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanEdinburgh
Official languageArabicEnglish
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112 or 999
Elevation776 m47 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsEdinburgh Airport (EDI)11 km from centre163 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanEdinburgh
City population4,007,526488,050
People per km²2,3851,884
Museums within 10 km832
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km33
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

Where else could you go?

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.