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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Amman or Marrakech?

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
  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Marrakech for

  • shopping
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Marrakech’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, Marrakech 7: Amman leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Marrakech 64: Marrakech leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Marrakech 76: Marrakech leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Marrakech 33: Marrakech leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Marrakech 70: Marrakech leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Marrakech 28: Amman leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Marrakech 25: Amman leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Marrakech 38: Marrakech leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Marrakech 25: Amman leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Marrakech 75: Marrakech leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Marrakech.

Your match

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

Amman
45match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Marrakech
Best match
49match

Wins on shopping 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

Marrakech in July

38 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
14 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). Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanMarrakech
Official languageArabicArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1
Emergency number911Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation776 m465 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanMarrakech
City population4,007,5261,002,697
People per km²2,3854,360
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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.