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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Amman or Perth?

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
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Perth for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’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, Perth 86: Perth leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Perth 58: Amman leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Perth 42: Amman leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Perth 42: Perth leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Perth 72: Perth leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Perth 48: Amman leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Perth 74: Perth leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Perth 55: Perth leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Perth 44: Perth leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Perth 28: Amman leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Perth 50: Perth leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Perth 38: Amman leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Perth.

Your match

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

Amman
45match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Perth
Best match
53match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Perth in July

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
10 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). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanPerth
Official languageArabicEnglish
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+8
Emergency number911000
Elevation776 m2 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanPerth
City population4,007,5262,141,834
People per km²2,385334
Museums within 10 km815
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

Where else could you go?

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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. 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.