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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Amman or Tromso?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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, Tromso 8: Amman leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Tromso 36: Amman leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Tromso 27: Amman leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 47 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Tromso 14: Amman leads by 66 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Tromso 45: Tromso leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Tromso 15: Amman leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Tromso 11: Amman leads by 47 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Tromso 32: Tromso leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Tromso 38: Amman leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Tromso.

Your match

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

Amman
Best match
45match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AmmanTromso

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). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanTromso
Official languageArabicNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation776 m20 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanTromso
City population4,007,52679,943
People per km²2,38532
Museums within 10 km88
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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). 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.