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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License.

Amman or Salzburg?

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
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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

Choose Salzburg for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Salzburg’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, Salzburg 35: Salzburg leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Salzburg 45: Amman leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Salzburg 25: Amman leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Salzburg 86: Salzburg leads by 41 points.
Day trips. Amman and Salzburg are level on 80.
Good for families. Amman 38, Salzburg 65: Salzburg leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Salzburg 48: Salzburg leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Salzburg 32: Amman leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 53 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman and Salzburg are level on 55.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Salzburg.

Your match

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

Amman
45match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Salzburg
Best match
58match

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

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine 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). Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanSalzburg
Official languageArabicGerman, Austrian Sign Language
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 m424 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanSalzburg
City population4,007,526155,021
People per km²2,3852,360
Museums within 10 km838
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km33

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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. 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.