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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
Galway Cathedral from the River Corrib, Galway
GalwayGalway Cathedral from the River Corrib

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

Amman or Galway?

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 Galway for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Galway’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, Galway 28: Galway leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Galway 45: Amman leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Galway 33: Amman leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Galway 50: Galway leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Galway 78: Galway leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Galway 56: Amman leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Galway 42: Galway leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Galway 58: Galway leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Galway 38: Amman leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Galway 28: Amman leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Galway 57: Galway leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Galway 28: Amman leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Galway.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Amman
45match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Galway
45match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Galway in July

20 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
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.

Galway's temperatures are measured 64 km from the centre, at Shannon Airport.

Galway 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). Galway: 1991-2020 normals, Shannon Airport (64.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanGalway
Official languageArabicEnglish, Irish
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation776 m25 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsShannon Airport (SNN)64 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanGalway
City population4,007,52683,456
People per km²2,3851,563
Museums within 10 km84
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. 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.