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The Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel, Amman
AmmanThe Umayyad Palace on the Amman Citadel
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Amman by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Amman or Wellington?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Wellington for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Wellington leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Amman and Wellington are level on 62.
Culture & sights. Amman 54, Wellington 44: Amman leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Amman 32, Wellington 45: Wellington leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amman 45, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Amman 80, Wellington 40: Amman leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Amman 38, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Amman 30, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Amman and Wellington are level on 42.
Affordability. Amman 58, Wellington 33: Amman leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amman 27, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amman 55, Wellington 30: Amman leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amman and Wellington.

Your match

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

Amman
45match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Wellington
Best match
49match

Wins on getting around 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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °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.

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

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). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmmanWellington
Official languageArabicEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number911111
Elevation776 m0 m
Main airportQueen Alia International Airport (AMM)26 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmmanWellington
City population4,007,526216,200
People per km²2,385487
Museums within 10 km812
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.