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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
The Opera House from the water, Sydney
SydneyThe Opera House from the water

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Sydney by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Amman or Sydney?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Sydney for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Sydney’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, Sydney 95: Sydney leads by 73 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Sydney 77: Sydney leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Sydney 60: Sydney leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Sydney 60: Sydney leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Sydney 85: Sydney leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Sydney 50: Amman leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Sydney 75: Sydney leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Sydney 75: Sydney leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Sydney 68: Sydney leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Sydney 22: Amman leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Sydney 73: Sydney leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman and Sydney are level on 55.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Sydney.

Your match

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

Amman
45match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Sydney
Best match
66match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts 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

Sydney in July

18 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
10 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). Sydney: 1991-2020 normals, Sydney Airport (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanSydney
Official languageArabicEnglish
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number911000
Elevation776 m6 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsSydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD)9 km from centre99 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanSydney
City population4,007,5265,450,496
People per km²2,385449
Museums within 10 km838
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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. 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.