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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
Swayambhunath with its prayer flags, Kathmandu
KathmanduSwayambhunath with its prayer flags

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Kathmandu by Nabin K. Sapkota, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Amman or Kathmandu?

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
  • families

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

Choose Kathmandu for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Kathmandu’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, Kathmandu 4: Amman leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Kathmandu 55: Amman leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Kathmandu 82: Kathmandu leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Kathmandu 36: Kathmandu leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Kathmandu 70: Kathmandu leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Kathmandu 56: Amman leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Kathmandu 20: Amman leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Kathmandu 25: Amman leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Kathmandu 55: Kathmandu leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Kathmandu 97: Kathmandu leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Kathmandu 28: Kathmandu leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Kathmandu 45: Amman leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Kathmandu.

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.

Kathmandu
Best match
48match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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

Kathmandu in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
384 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
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). Kathmandu: 1991-2020 normals, Kathmandu Airport (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanKathmandu
Official languageArabicNepali
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Nepalese Rupee (NPR)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+5:45
Emergency number911Police 100, ambulance 102, fire 101
Elevation776 m1,300 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsTribhuvan International Airport (KTM)4 km from centre38 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanKathmandu
City population4,007,526845,767
People per km²2,38517,121
Museums within 10 km89
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31

Where else could you go?

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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.