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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License.

Amman or Lisbon?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Lisbon for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Lisbon’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, Lisbon 50: Lisbon leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Lisbon 78: Lisbon leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 43 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Lisbon 82: Lisbon leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Lisbon 62: Lisbon leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Lisbon 66: Lisbon leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Lisbon 55: Amman leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Lisbon 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 Lisbon.

Your match

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

Amman
45match

Wins on wellness and prices with your weighting.

Lisbon
Best match
65match

Wins on nightlife 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

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
15 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). Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanLisbon
Official languageArabicPortuguese
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation776 m100 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanLisbon
City population4,007,526545,796
People per km²2,3855,453
Museums within 10 km880
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km33
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.