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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Amman or Tirana?

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

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tirana for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Tirana’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, Tirana 46: Tirana leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Tirana 57: Amman leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Tirana 42: Amman leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Tirana 58: Tirana leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Tirana 62: Tirana leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Tirana 64: Amman leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Tirana 40: Tirana leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Tirana 54: Tirana leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Tirana 32: Amman leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Tirana 76: Tirana leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Tirana 32: Tirana leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Tirana 27: Amman leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Tirana.

Your match

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

Amman
45match

Wins on wellness and day trips with your weighting.

Tirana
Best match
49match

Wins on nightlife 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

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °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). Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanTirana
Official languageArabicAlbanian
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Lek (ALL)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation776 m110 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanTirana
City population4,007,526389,323
People per km²2,3859,314
Museums within 10 km811
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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.