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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Amman or Luang Prabang?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Luang Prabang for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Luang Prabang’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, Luang Prabang 14: Amman leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Luang Prabang 42: Amman leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Luang Prabang 65: Luang Prabang leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Luang Prabang 8: Amman leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Luang Prabang 68: Luang Prabang leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Luang Prabang 35: Amman leads by 45 points.
Good for families. Amman and Luang Prabang are level on 38.
Getting around. Amman 30, Luang Prabang 50: Luang Prabang leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Luang Prabang 38: Amman leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Luang Prabang 80: Luang Prabang leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Luang Prabang 18: Amman leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Luang Prabang 60: Luang Prabang leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Luang Prabang.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Amman
45match

Wins on day trips and nightlife with your weighting.

Luang Prabang
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices 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

Luang Prabang in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
250 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AmmanLuang Prabang

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). Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanLuang Prabang
Official languageArabicLao
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Lao Kip (LAK)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzABCEF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+7
Emergency number911Police 191, ambulance 195, fire 190
Elevation776 m305 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanLuang Prabang
City population4,007,52653,792
People per km²2,385-
Museums within 10 km80
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31

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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. 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.