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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Amman or Sapporo?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Sapporo for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Sapporo’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, Sapporo 28: Sapporo leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Sapporo 40: Amman leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Sapporo 62: Sapporo leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Sapporo 86: Sapporo leads by 41 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Sapporo 64: Amman leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Sapporo 72: Sapporo leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Sapporo 58: Sapporo leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Sapporo 60: Sapporo leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Sapporo 44: Sapporo leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Sapporo.

Your match

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

Amman
45match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Sapporo
Best match
63match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors 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

Sapporo in July

25 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
19 °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.

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). Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanSapporo
Official languageArabicJapanese
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+9
Emergency number911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation776 m5 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanSapporo
City population4,007,5261,959,313
People per km²2,3851,747
Museums within 10 km833
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C-1 month

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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. 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.