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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Amman or Liverpool?

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
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Liverpool for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Liverpool’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 Liverpool are level on 22.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Liverpool 48: Amman leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Liverpool 64: Liverpool leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Liverpool 66: Liverpool leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Liverpool 52: Liverpool leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Liverpool 64: Amman leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Liverpool 55: Liverpool leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Liverpool 68: Liverpool leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Liverpool 52: Liverpool leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Liverpool 50: Amman leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Liverpool 66: Liverpool leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Liverpool 22: Amman leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Liverpool.

Your match

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

Amman
45match

Wins on wellness and day trips with your weighting.

Liverpool
Best match
52match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Liverpool in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
67 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 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.

Liverpool's temperatures are measured 47 km from the centre, at Manchester Airport.

Liverpool 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). Liverpool: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (47.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanLiverpool
Official languageArabicEnglish
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112 or 999
Elevation776 m70 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-8 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanLiverpool
City population4,007,526513,441
People per km²2,3854,592
Museums within 10 km831
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
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. 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.