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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License.

Amman or Mexico City?

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

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • day trips

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

Choose Mexico City for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Mexico City’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, Mexico City 5: Amman leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Mexico City 90: Mexico City leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Mexico City 88: Mexico City leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Mexico City 80: Mexico City leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Mexico City 50: Mexico City leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Mexico City 75: Amman leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Mexico City 58: Mexico City leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Mexico City 50: Mexico City leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Mexico City 76: Mexico City leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Mexico City 75: Mexico City leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Mexico City 72: Mexico City leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Mexico City 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 Mexico City.

Your match

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

Amman
45match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Mexico City
Best match
63match

Wins on nightlife 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

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AmmanMexico City

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). Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanMexico City
Official languageArabicSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-6
Emergency number911911
Elevation776 m2,240 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanMexico City
City population4,007,5269,209,944
People per km²2,3856,202
Museums within 10 km8108
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km36

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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). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.