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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
The skyline over the Schuylkill, Philadelphia
PhiladelphiaThe skyline over the Schuylkill

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Philadelphia by Trev W. Adams, Pexels License.

Amman or Philadelphia?

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

  • wellness
  • prices

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

Choose Philadelphia for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Philadelphia’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, Philadelphia 36: Philadelphia leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Amman and Philadelphia are level on 62.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Philadelphia 55: Philadelphia leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Philadelphia 52: Philadelphia leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Amman and Philadelphia are level on 80.
Good for families. Amman 38, Philadelphia 68: Philadelphia leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Philadelphia 66: Philadelphia leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Philadelphia 57: Philadelphia leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Philadelphia 40: Amman leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Philadelphia 26: Amman leads by 29 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Philadelphia.

Your match

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

Amman
45match

Wins on wellness and prices with your weighting.

Philadelphia
Best match
57match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around 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

Philadelphia in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
15 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). Philadelphia: 1991-2020 normals, Philadelphia International Airport (11.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanPhiladelphia
Official languageArabic-
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation776 m12 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsPhiladelphia International Airport (PHL)11 km from centre129 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanPhiladelphia
City population4,007,5261,603,797
People per km²2,3854,339
Museums within 10 km854
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31

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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.