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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Amman or Quebec City?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Quebec City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Quebec City’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, Quebec City 18: Amman leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Quebec City 57: Amman leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Quebec City 70: Quebec City leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Quebec City 42: Quebec City leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Quebec City 79: Quebec City leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Quebec City 58: Amman leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Quebec City 64: Quebec City leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Quebec City 50: Quebec City leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Quebec City 45: Quebec City leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Quebec City 45: Amman leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Quebec City 52: Quebec City leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman and Quebec City are level on 55.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Quebec City.

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.

Quebec City
Best match
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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
14 hdaylight a day

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
16 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). Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanQuebec City
Official languageArabicFrench, English
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation776 m98 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanQuebec City
City population4,007,526574,482
People per km²2,3851,184
Museums within 10 km816
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.