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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
Botero sculptures on Plaza Botero, Medellin
MedellinBotero sculptures on Plaza Botero

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Medellin by Steffen Schmitz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Amman or Medellin?

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

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • beaches

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

Choose Medellin for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Medellin’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, Medellin 5: Amman leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Medellin 58: Amman leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Medellin 42: Amman leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Medellin 76: Medellin leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Medellin 66: Medellin leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Medellin 58: Amman leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Medellin 50: Medellin leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Medellin 55: Medellin leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Medellin 45: Medellin leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Medellin 80: Medellin leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Medellin 42: Medellin leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Medellin 30: Amman leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Medellin.

Your match

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

Amman
45match

Wins on wellness and day trips with your weighting.

Medellin
Best match
51match

Wins on nightlife and getting around 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

Medellin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
133 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AmmanMedellin

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.

Medellin 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.

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). Medellin: 1958-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Medellin / Olaya Herrera (5.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanMedellin
Official languageArabicSpanish
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Colombian Peso (COP)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5
Emergency number911123
Elevation776 m1,405 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsJose Maria Córdova International Airport (MDE)19 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-19 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanMedellin
City population4,007,5262,529,403
People per km²2,3856,644
Museums within 10 km814
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30

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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.