VacationSelector
The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Amman or Manaus?

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
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Manaus for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Manaus’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, Manaus 38: Manaus leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Manaus 56: Amman leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Manaus 46: Amman leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Manaus 42: Manaus leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 41 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Manaus 12: Amman leads by 68 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Manaus 35: Amman leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Manaus 27: Amman leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Manaus 36: Amman leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Manaus 54: Manaus leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Manaus 20: Amman leads by 35 points.
0255075100

What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Manaus.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts 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

Manaus in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
74 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

0°10°20°30°40°JFMAMJJASOND

Rainfall in the month, mm

0100200300400JFMAMJJASOND
AmmanManaus

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). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanManaus
Official languageArabicPortuguese
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-4
Emergency number911Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation776 m92 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanManaus
City population4,007,5262,303,732
People per km²2,385202
Museums within 10 km813
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Amman or Manaus somewhere new.

Browse every destination

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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.