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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Amman or Hiroshima?

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

  • wellness

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

Choose Hiroshima for

  • getting around
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Hiroshima’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, Hiroshima 30: Hiroshima leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Hiroshima 66: Hiroshima leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Hiroshima 60: Hiroshima leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Hiroshima 45: Hiroshima leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Hiroshima 62: Hiroshima leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Amman and Hiroshima are level on 80.
Good for families. Amman 38, Hiroshima 60: Hiroshima leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Hiroshima 74: Hiroshima leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Hiroshima 52: Hiroshima leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Amman and Hiroshima are level on 58.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Hiroshima 38: Hiroshima leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Hiroshima 50: Amman leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Hiroshima.

Your match

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

Amman
45match

Wins on wellness with your weighting.

Hiroshima
Best match
56match

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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Hiroshima in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
299 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 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). Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanHiroshima
Official languageArabicJapanese
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+9
Emergency number911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation776 m3 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanHiroshima
City population4,007,5261,198,021
People per km²2,3851,324
Museums within 10 km818
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 months

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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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.