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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
The Sanctuary of Truth by the sea, Pattaya
PattayaThe Sanctuary of Truth by the sea

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Pattaya by Matrix, Pexels License.

Amman or Pattaya?

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
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Pattaya for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Pattaya’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, Pattaya 66: Pattaya leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Pattaya 58: Amman leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Pattaya 30: Amman leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Pattaya 76: Pattaya leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Pattaya 40: Amman leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Pattaya 52: Amman leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Pattaya 55: Pattaya leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Pattaya 36: Pattaya leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Amman and Pattaya are level on 42.
Affordability. Amman 58, Pattaya 84: Pattaya leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Pattaya 30: Pattaya leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Pattaya 58: Pattaya leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Pattaya.

Your match

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

Amman
45match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Pattaya
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

Pattaya in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
102 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
30 °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.

Pattaya's temperatures are measured 31 km from the centre, at Sattahip.

Pattaya 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.

Pattaya's sunshine is measured 86 km from the centre, at Bangna Agromet / Ban Khlong Samrong.

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). Pattaya: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1961-1990, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sattahip (31.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanPattaya
Official languageArabicThai
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Baht (THB)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzABCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+7
Emergency number911Police 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199
Elevation776 m35 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)83 km from centre150 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanPattaya
City population4,007,526119,532
People per km²2,385-
Museums within 10 km80
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.