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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Amman or Krakow?

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
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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

Choose Krakow for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Krakow’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, Krakow 9: Amman leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Krakow 55: Amman leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Krakow 77: Krakow leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Krakow 68: Krakow leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Krakow 62: Krakow leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Krakow 76: Amman leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Krakow 58: Krakow leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Krakow 74: Krakow leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Krakow 48: Krakow leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Krakow 72: Krakow leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Krakow 55: Krakow leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Krakow 36: Amman leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Krakow.

Your match

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

Amman
45match

Wins on wellness and beaches with your weighting.

Krakow
Best match
58match

Wins on getting around and nightlife 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

Krakow in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
100 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
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.

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). Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanKrakow
Official languageArabicPolish
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation776 m219 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanKrakow
City population4,007,526804,237
People per km²2,3852,459
Museums within 10 km8113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km34

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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.