Photos: Bath by Lucas Carlini, Pexels License; Petra by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License.
Bath 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 Bath for
- day trips
- wellness
- getting around
What lies behind each score is written up on Bath’s own page.
Choose Petra for
- nature and the outdoors
- prices
- culture and sights
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.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bath and Petra.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on day trips and wellness with your weighting.
Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.
Bath in July
Petra in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
Where the figures come from
Bath's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Lyneham.
Bath 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.
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. Bath: 1991-2020 normals, Lyneham (29.2 km from centre). Petra: 1991-2020 normals, Ma'An (33.9 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Bath | Petra |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | English | Arabic |
| Currency | Pound Sterling (GBP) | Jordanian Dinar (JOD) |
| Sockets | G230 V, 50 Hz | BCFGJ230 V, 50 Hz |
| Driving side | Left | Right |
| Time zone | UTC, UTC+1 in summer | UTC+3 |
| Emergency number | 112 or 999 | 911 |
| Elevation | 132 m | 850 m |
| Main airport | Bristol Airport (BRS)25 km from centre117 non-stop destinations | King Hussein International Airport (AQJ)90 km from centre5 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 8 days | - |
By the numbers
| Measure | Bath | Petra |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 94,092 | - |
| People per km² | 3,245 | - |
| Museums within 10 km | 17 | 2 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 2 | 1 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | None | - |
Where else could you go?
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