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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
The Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
MacauThe Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Macau by tian Jin, Pexels License.

Amman or Macau?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Macau for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Macau’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, Macau 24: Macau leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Macau 77: Macau leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Macau 62: Macau leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Macau 40: Macau leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Macau 5: Amman leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Macau 52: Amman leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Macau 48: Macau leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Macau 60: Macau leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Macau 58: Macau leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Macau 44: Amman leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Macau 36: Macau leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Macau 40: Amman leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Macau.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Amman
45match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

Macau
46match

Wins on getting around and shopping 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

Macau in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
281 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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). Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanMacau
Official languageArabicPortuguese, Cantonese, Standard Chinese
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Pataca (MOP)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzFGM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+8
Emergency number911999
Elevation776 m22 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanMacau
City population4,007,526682,100
People per km²2,3855,916
Museums within 10 km828
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 months

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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. 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.