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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Amman or Scottsdale?

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 Scottsdale for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Scottsdale’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, Scottsdale 8: Amman leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Scottsdale 46: Amman leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Scottsdale 38: Amman leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Scottsdale 52: Scottsdale leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Scottsdale 68: Scottsdale leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Scottsdale 50: Amman leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Scottsdale 20: Amman leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Scottsdale 32: Amman leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Scottsdale 40: Scottsdale leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Scottsdale 72: Scottsdale leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Scottsdale.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Amman
45match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Scottsdale
46match

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

Scottsdale in July

41 °Cdaytime high
29 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 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). Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanScottsdale
Official languageArabic-
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-7
Emergency number911911
Elevation776 m380 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanScottsdale
City population4,007,526241,361
People per km²2,385-
Museums within 10 km810
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.