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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Amman or Hurghada?

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
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Hurghada for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Hurghada’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, Hurghada 84: Hurghada leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Hurghada 34: Amman leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Hurghada 14: Amman leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Hurghada 40: Hurghada leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Hurghada 72: Hurghada leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Hurghada 30: Amman leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Hurghada 62: Hurghada leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Hurghada 22: Amman leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Hurghada 24: Amman leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Hurghada 80: Hurghada leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Hurghada 10: Amman leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Hurghada 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 Hurghada.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Amman
45match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Hurghada
43match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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

Hurghada in July

37 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °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). Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanHurghada
Official languageArabicArabic
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation776 m11 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanHurghada
City population4,007,526214,247
People per km²2,385-
Museums within 10 km81
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.