Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Miami Beach by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.
Amman or Miami Beach?
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
- prices
- day trips
- wellness
What lies behind each score is written up on Amman’s own page.
Choose Miami Beach for
- beaches
- nightlife
- getting around
What lies behind each score is written up on Miami Beach’s own page.
Scoreboard
Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Miami Beach.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.
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
Miami Beach in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
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). Miami Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (18.8 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Amman | Miami Beach |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | Arabic | - |
| Currency | Jordanian Dinar (JOD) | US Dollar (USD) |
| Sockets | BCFGJ230 V, 50 Hz | AB120 V, 60 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Right |
| Time zone | UTC+3 | UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer |
| Emergency number | 911 | 911 |
| Elevation | 776 m | 1 m |
| Main airport | Queen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinations | Miami International Airport (MIA)16 km from centre198 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | - | 11 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Amman | Miami Beach |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 4,007,526 | 82,890 |
| People per km² | 2,385 | 2,109 |
| Museums within 10 km | 8 | 14 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 3 | 0 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | - | 12 months |
Where else could you go?
Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Amman or Miami Beach somewhere new.