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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Amman or Mumbai?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Mumbai’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, Mumbai 18: Amman leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Mumbai 70: Mumbai leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Mumbai 52: Mumbai leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Mumbai 55: Mumbai leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Mumbai 48: Amman leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Mumbai 35: Amman leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Mumbai 38: Mumbai leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Mumbai 66: Mumbai leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Mumbai 72: Mumbai leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Mumbai 55: Mumbai leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Mumbai 24: Amman leads by 31 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Mumbai.

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.

Mumbai
Best match
51match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping 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

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 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). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanMumbai
Official languageArabicHindi, English
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+5:30
Emergency number911108 or 112
Elevation776 m14 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanMumbai
City population4,007,52615,414,288
People per km²2,38525,563
Museums within 10 km81
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km33
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. 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.