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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
The Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
HanoiThe Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Hanoi by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Amman or Hanoi?

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
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose Hanoi for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Hanoi’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, Hanoi 6: Amman leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Hanoi 85: Hanoi leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Hanoi 72: Hanoi leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Hanoi 50: Hanoi leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Hanoi 52: Hanoi leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Hanoi 58: Amman leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Hanoi 35: Amman leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Hanoi 36: Hanoi leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Hanoi 50: Hanoi leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Hanoi 98: Hanoi leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Hanoi 40: Hanoi leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Hanoi 46: Amman leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Hanoi.

Your match

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

Amman
45match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Hanoi
Best match
52match

Wins on prices and food and drink 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

Hanoi in July

34 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
311 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
13 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.

Hanoi's sunshine is measured 86 km from the centre, at Phu Lien.

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). Hanoi: 1991-2020 normals, Ha Noi (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanHanoi
Official languageArabicVietnamese
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Dong (VND)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+7
Emergency number911Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation776 m10 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanHanoi
City population4,007,5268,717,600
People per km²2,3852,595
Museums within 10 km814
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. 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.