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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town

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

Amman or Mazatlan?

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 Mazatlan for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Mazatlan’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, Mazatlan 80: Mazatlan leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Amman and Mazatlan are level on 62.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Mazatlan 42: Amman leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Mazatlan 55: Mazatlan leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Mazatlan 66: Mazatlan leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Mazatlan 45: Amman leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Mazatlan 60: Mazatlan leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Mazatlan 42: Mazatlan leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Mazatlan 30: Amman leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Mazatlan 70: Mazatlan leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Mazatlan 40: Mazatlan leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Mazatlan 35: Amman leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Mazatlan.

Your match

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

Amman
45match

Wins on day trips and wellness with your weighting.

Mazatlan
Best match
52match

Wins on beaches and nightlife 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

Mazatlan in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
8 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). Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanMazatlan
Official languageArabicSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-7
Emergency number911911
Elevation776 m139 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanMazatlan
City population4,007,526441,975
People per km²2,385-
Museums within 10 km83
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.