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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
The old town on the Neckar, Heidelberg
HeidelbergThe old town on the Neckar

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Heidelberg by Kuanling Chen, Pexels License.

Amman or Heidelberg?

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

  • food and drink
  • prices
  • beaches

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

Choose Heidelberg for

  • getting around
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Heidelberg’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, Heidelberg 7: Amman leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Heidelberg 40: Amman leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Heidelberg 58: Heidelberg leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Heidelberg 38: Heidelberg leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Heidelberg 60: Heidelberg leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Heidelberg 78: Amman leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Heidelberg 62: Heidelberg leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Heidelberg 72: Heidelberg leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Heidelberg 40: Amman leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Heidelberg 42: Amman leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Heidelberg 48: Heidelberg leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Heidelberg 44: Amman leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Heidelberg.

Your match

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

Amman
45match

Wins on food and drink and prices with your weighting.

Heidelberg
Best match
49match

Wins on getting around and families 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

Heidelberg in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
8 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). Heidelberg: 1991-2020 normals, Heidelberg (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanHeidelberg
Official languageArabicGerman
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation776 m114 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsFrankfurt Main Airport (FRA)69 km from centre281 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanHeidelberg
City population4,007,526156,092
People per km²2,3851,433
Museums within 10 km817
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.