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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
The Treasury, Al-Khazneh, cut into the rock, Petra
PetraThe Treasury, Al-Khazneh, cut into the rock

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Petra by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License.

Belgrade 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 Belgrade for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

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

Choose Petra for

  • culture and sights
  • 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. Belgrade 40, Petra 5: Belgrade leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Petra 22: Belgrade leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Petra 85: Petra leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Petra 5: Belgrade leads by 75 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Petra 78: Petra leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Petra 30: Belgrade leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Petra 25: Belgrade leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Petra 25: Belgrade leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Petra 18: Belgrade leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Petra 45: Belgrade leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Petra 10: Belgrade leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Petra 28: Belgrade leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Petra.

Your match

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

Belgrade
Best match
53match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Petra
31match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Belgrade in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
67 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
15 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. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). Petra: 1991-2020 normals, Ma'An (33.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradePetra
Official languageSerbianArabic
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Jordanian Dinar (JOD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzBCFGJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193911
Elevation117 m850 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsKing Hussein International Airport (AQJ)90 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradePetra
City population1,197,714-
People per km²3,327-
Museums within 10 km652
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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.