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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Amman or Warsaw?

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
  • wellness
  • beaches

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Warsaw’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, Warsaw 12: Amman leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Amman 62, Warsaw 60: Amman leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Warsaw 66: Warsaw leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Warsaw 47: Warsaw leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Warsaw 52: Amman leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Warsaw 62: Warsaw leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Amman 42, Warsaw 55: Warsaw leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Amman 58, Warsaw 64: Warsaw leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Warsaw 35: Amman leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Warsaw.

Your match

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

Amman
45match

Wins on day trips and wellness with your weighting.

Warsaw
Best match
55match

Wins on getting around 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
14 hdaylight a day

Warsaw in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
16 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). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanWarsaw
Official languageArabicPolish
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation776 m118 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanWarsaw
City population4,007,5261,862,402
People per km²2,3853,601
Museums within 10 km8117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31

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. 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.