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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi, Kochi
KochiThe Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Amman or Kochi?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Kochi for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Kochi’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, Kochi 38: Kochi leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Kochi 66: Kochi leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Kochi 62: Kochi leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Kochi 18: Amman leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Kochi 55: Kochi leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Kochi 52: Amman leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Kochi 40: Kochi leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Kochi 44: Kochi leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Kochi 45: Kochi leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Kochi 88: Kochi leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Kochi 40: Kochi leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Kochi 70: Kochi leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Kochi.

Your match

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

Amman
45match

Wins on day trips and nightlife with your weighting.

Kochi
Best match
52match

Wins on prices and beaches 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

Kochi in July

27 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
439 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °Csea
13 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.

Kochi has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

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). Kochi: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureAmmanKochi
Official languageArabicHindi, English
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+5:30
Emergency number911108 or 112
Elevation776 m0 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsCochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanKochi
City population4,007,526677,381
People per km²2,3857,138
Museums within 10 km84
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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.