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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Amman or Rovinj?

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

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Rovinj for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Rovinj’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, Rovinj 70: Rovinj leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Rovinj 50: Amman leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Rovinj 38: Amman leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Rovinj 25: Amman leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Rovinj 60: Rovinj leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Rovinj 68: Amman leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Rovinj 52: Rovinj leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Rovinj 55: Rovinj leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Rovinj 28: Amman leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Rovinj 36: Amman leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Rovinj 15: Amman leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Rovinj 42: Amman leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Rovinj.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Amman
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Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Rovinj
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Wins on beaches 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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Rovinj in July

29 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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.

Rovinj's temperatures are measured 64 km from the centre, at Trieste.

Rovinj 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.

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). Rovinj: 1991-2020 normals, Trieste (63.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanRovinj
Official languageArabicCroatian
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation776 m0 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanRovinj
City population4,007,52612,968
People per km²2,385-
Museums within 10 km81
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.