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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Amman or Killarney?

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
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose Killarney for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Killarney’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 and Killarney are level on 22.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Killarney 33: Amman leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Killarney 28: Amman leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Amman and Killarney are level on 32.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Killarney 82: Killarney leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Killarney 58: Amman leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Killarney 42: Killarney leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Killarney 47: Killarney leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Killarney 22: Amman leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Killarney 35: Amman leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Killarney 35: Killarney leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Killarney 42: Amman leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Killarney.

Your match

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

Amman
Best match
45match

Wins on food and drink and culture and sights with your weighting.

Killarney
40match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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

Killarney in July

18 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
88 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
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.

Killarney's temperatures are measured 53 km from the centre, at Valentia Observatory.

Killarney 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.

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). Killarney: 1991-2020 normals, Valentia Observatory (52.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanKillarney
Official languageArabicEnglish, Irish
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation776 m50 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanKillarney
City population4,007,52614,412
People per km²2,385-
Museums within 10 km81
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.