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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

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

Amman or Valparaiso?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Valparaiso leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Valparaiso 50: Amman leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Valparaiso 62: Valparaiso leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Valparaiso 63: Amman leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Valparaiso 33: Amman leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Valparaiso 44: Valparaiso leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Valparaiso 30: Amman leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Valparaiso 38: Valparaiso leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Valparaiso 18: Amman leads by 37 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Valparaiso.

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 wellness and day trips with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on nightlife and nature and the outdoors 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

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °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.

Valparaiso 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.

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). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanValparaiso
Official languageArabicSpanish
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number911Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation776 m21 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanValparaiso
City population4,007,526296,655
People per km²2,3856,180
Museums within 10 km817
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

Where else could you go?

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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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.