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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
La Concha beach and Monte Urgull, San Sebastian
San SebastianLa Concha beach and Monte Urgull

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; San Sebastian by Guérin Nicolas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Amman or San Sebastian?

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
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

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

Choose San Sebastian for

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on San Sebastian’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, San Sebastian 68: San Sebastian leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, San Sebastian 88: San Sebastian leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, San Sebastian 52: Amman leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, San Sebastian 44: San Sebastian leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, San Sebastian 72: San Sebastian leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Amman and San Sebastian are level on 80.
Good for families. Amman 38, San Sebastian 66: San Sebastian leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, San Sebastian 80: San Sebastian leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, San Sebastian 40: Amman leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, San Sebastian 32: Amman leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, San Sebastian 45: San Sebastian leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, San Sebastian 50: Amman leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and San Sebastian.

Your match

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

Amman
45match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

San Sebastian
Best match
60match

Wins on getting around and beaches 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

San Sebastian in July

22 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
92 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AmmanSan Sebastian

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.

San Sebastian's station stands 252 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

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). San Sebastian: 1991-2020 normals, San Sebastian / Igueldo (6.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanSan Sebastian
Official languageArabicSpanish
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 m6 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsSan Sebastián Airport (EAS)16 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanSan Sebastian
City population4,007,526189,866
People per km²2,3853,118
Museums within 10 km814
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km33
Swim season, months above 21 °C-2 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.