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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Amman or Valencia?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Valencia for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Valencia’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, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Valencia 68: Valencia leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Valencia 60: Valencia leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Valencia 70: Amman leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Valencia 57: Amman leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Valencia 55: Valencia leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Valencia 42: Amman leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Valencia.

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.

Valencia
Best match
65match

Wins on beaches 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

Valencia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °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). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanValencia
Official languageArabicSpanish
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation776 m15 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanValencia
City population4,007,526840,792
People per km²2,3856,242
Museums within 10 km845
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
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.