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The Friedrichsbad, the historic bathhouse, Baden-Baden
Baden-BadenThe Friedrichsbad, the historic bathhouse
The Treasury, Al-Khazneh, cut into the rock, Petra
PetraThe Treasury, Al-Khazneh, cut into the rock

Photos: Baden-Baden by Kent Wang, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Petra by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License.

Baden-Baden or Petra?

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 Baden-Baden for

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Petra for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Petra’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. Baden-Baden 8, Petra 5: Baden-Baden leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Baden-Baden 45, Petra 22: Baden-Baden leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Baden-Baden 52, Petra 85: Petra leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Baden-Baden 15, Petra 5: Baden-Baden leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baden-Baden 70, Petra 78: Petra leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Baden-Baden 78, Petra 30: Baden-Baden leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Baden-Baden 50, Petra 25: Baden-Baden leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Baden-Baden 62, Petra 25: Baden-Baden leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Baden-Baden 38, Petra 18: Baden-Baden leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Baden-Baden 30, Petra 45: Petra leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baden-Baden 58, Petra 10: Baden-Baden leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baden-Baden 96, Petra 28: Baden-Baden leads by 68 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baden-Baden and Petra.

Your match

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

Baden-Baden
Best match
50match

Wins on wellness and day trips with your weighting.

Petra
31match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Baden-Baden in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
117 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Petra in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Petra's temperatures are measured 34 km from the centre, at Ma'An.

Petra's station stands 219 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Petra 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. Baden-Baden: 1991-2020 normals, Baden-Baden-Geroldsau (3.9 km from centre). Petra: 1991-2020 normals, Ma'An (33.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBaden-BadenPetra
Official languageGermanArabic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Jordanian Dinar (JOD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzBCFGJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112911
Elevation181 m850 m
Main airportKarlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport (FKB)12 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsKing Hussein International Airport (AQJ)90 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBaden-BadenPetra
City population56,952-
People per km²406-
Museums within 10 km112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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.