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Amman

Jordan

Amman

A hill city: Downtown, the Roman theatre, the Citadel, and Jerash an hour away.

  • Typical stay: 2–3 days

Why ⁨Amman⁩?

  1. Downtown Amman

    Downtown's fruit stalls, coffee houses and gold shops in the oldest streets.

  2. The Citadel

    The Citadel: Roman, Byzantine and Umayyad building on the same ground.

  3. Jerash Festival in summer

    The Jerash Festival in late July and early August, an hour from Amman.

Before you go

  • Currency

    Jordanian Dinar

  • Language

    Arabic

  • Time difference

    GMT+3

  • Getting around

    Taxi

  • Driving

    On the right

  • Airports

    AMM

Best time to visit ⁨Amman⁩

March to May and September to November

  • January

    Average high: 13°C

    Average low 5°C

    Coldest month

    8 days of rain

    Wettest month

  • February

    Average high: 14°C

    Average low 5°C

    7 days of rain

    Good time to go

  • March

    Average high: 17°C

    Average low 7°C

    6 days of rain

    Best time to go

  • April

    Average high: 24°C

    Average low 12°C

    3 days of rain

    Best time to go

  • May

    Average high: 29°C

    Average low 16°C

    1 day of rain

    Best time to go

  • June

    Average high: 32°C

    Average low 19°C

    0 days of rain

  • July

    Average high: 34°C

    Average low 21°C

    0 days of rain

  • August

    Average high: 34°C

    Average low 21°C

    Warmest month

    0 days of rain

  • September

    Average high: 32°C

    Average low 19°C

    0 days of rain

    Best time to go

  • October

    Average high: 27°C

    Average low 16°C

    1 day of rain

    Best time to go

  • November

    Average high: 20°C

    Average low 11°C

    3 days of rain

    Best time to go

  • December

    Average high: 15°C

    Average low 7°C

    4 days of rain

    Good time to go

Places in ⁨Amman⁩

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Trip plans for ⁨Amman⁩

Local tips

  • Insider tips

    1. Go up to the Citadel late in the afternoon: better light, and the whole city laid out below.

    2. Walk downtown in the morning while the market is working. By evening it is a different, quieter place.

  • Customs and safety

    1. Amman is at 776 metres: cool January days, common rain, snow that closes the city some years. Pack for it.

    2. Downtown to the Citadel is a short distance and a long climb, and many streets are stepped.

  • Food and prayer

    1. Islam is the state religion and halal is the norm; some restaurants and hotels serve alcohol, never as the default.

    2. Mosques in every district, the call to prayer carrying across the valleys; prayer rooms at the airport and malls.

Getting around ⁨Amman⁩

  • Taxi

    How the city is actually covered. The hills make walking between districts impractical and the taxis are everywhere.

    Recommended

  • Ride-hailing

    Ride-hailing works across the city and settles the fare in advance.

  • Walking

    Downtown is walkable end to end. Getting out of it is a climb, and between the hills it is not a walk at all.

  • Bus

    Coaches leave Amman for Petra, Aqaba and the main towns; within the city the buses are not aimed at visitors.

From the airport

  • AMM

    Queen Alia International Airport

    Taxi and Bus

Things to do in ⁨Amman⁩

Tours, tickets and experiences.

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eSIM plans in ⁨Jordan⁩

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About ⁨Amman⁩

Amman is built over hills and the geography decides everything about moving around it. The old downtown is at the bottom of a valley; the districts are on the ridges above, and getting from one to another means going down and up rather than across.

Amman works as much as a base as a destination. Jerash is an hour north, the Dead Sea an hour west, and Petra three hours south, so two nights here can cover far more than the city itself.

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