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Bratislava Castle, Bratislava
BratislavaBratislava Castle
The Treasury, Al-Khazneh, cut into the rock, Petra
PetraThe Treasury, Al-Khazneh, cut into the rock

Photos: Bratislava by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Petra by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License.

Bratislava 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 Bratislava for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Bratislava’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. Bratislava 15, Petra 5: Bratislava leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Bratislava 42, Petra 22: Bratislava leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Bratislava 45, Petra 85: Petra leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Bratislava 40, Petra 5: Bratislava leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bratislava 55, Petra 78: Petra leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Bratislava 78, Petra 30: Bratislava leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Bratislava 40, Petra 25: Bratislava leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Bratislava 68, Petra 25: Bratislava leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Bratislava 35, Petra 18: Bratislava leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Bratislava 62, Petra 45: Bratislava leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bratislava 48, Petra 10: Bratislava leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bratislava 36, Petra 28: Bratislava leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bratislava and Petra.

Your match

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

Bratislava
Best match
47match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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.

Bratislava in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
9 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

Bratislava 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.

Bratislava's sunshine is measured 56 km from the centre, at Wien / Hohe Warte.

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. Bratislava: 1991-2020 normals, Bratislava Ivanka (8.6 km from centre). Petra: 1991-2020 normals, Ma'An (33.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBratislavaPetra
Official languageSlovakArabic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Jordanian Dinar (JOD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzBCFGJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112911
Elevation152 m850 m
Main airportM. R. Štefánik Airport (BTS)8 km from centre70 non-stop destinationsKing Hussein International Airport (AQJ)90 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBratislavaPetra
City population480,902-
People per km²1,308-
Museums within 10 km222
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.