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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
Rathausquai on the Reuss, Lucerne
LucerneRathausquai on the Reuss

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Lucerne by ILOVESwitzerland, Pexels License.

Amman or Lucerne?

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

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • wellness

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

Choose Lucerne for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Lucerne’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, Lucerne 35: Lucerne leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Lucerne 35: Amman leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Lucerne 58: Lucerne leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Lucerne 28: Amman leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Lucerne 92: Lucerne leads by 47 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Lucerne 78: Amman leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Lucerne 66: Lucerne leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Lucerne 86: Lucerne leads by 56 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Lucerne 46: Lucerne leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Lucerne 8: Amman leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Lucerne 66: Lucerne leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Lucerne 46: Amman leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Lucerne.

Your match

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

Amman
45match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Lucerne
Best match
54match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors 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

Lucerne in July

24 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
141 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine 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.

Lucerne 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.

Lucerne's sunshine is measured 42 km from the centre, at Zurich Town / Ville..

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). Lucerne: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Emmen (4.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanLucerne
Official languageArabicFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation776 m436 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)49 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanLucerne
City population4,007,52686,234
People per km²2,3852,963
Museums within 10 km814
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. 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.