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The Mezquita and the Roman bridge, Cordoba
CordobaThe Mezquita and the Roman bridge
The Treasury, Al-Khazneh, cut into the rock, Petra
PetraThe Treasury, Al-Khazneh, cut into the rock

Photos: Cordoba by Jose María Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Petra by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License.

Cordoba 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 Cordoba for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • food and drink

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

Choose Petra for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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.

Beaches & swimming. Cordoba 14, Petra 5: Cordoba leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Cordoba 62, Petra 22: Cordoba leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Cordoba 81, Petra 85: Petra leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Cordoba 40, Petra 5: Cordoba leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cordoba 45, Petra 78: Petra leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Cordoba 86, Petra 30: Cordoba leads by 56 points.
Good for families. Cordoba 40, Petra 25: Cordoba leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Cordoba 68, Petra 25: Cordoba leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Cordoba 38, Petra 18: Cordoba leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Cordoba 63, Petra 45: Cordoba leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cordoba 47, Petra 10: Cordoba leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cordoba 40, Petra 28: Cordoba leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cordoba and Petra.

Your match

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

Cordoba
Best match
52match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Petra
31match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cordoba in July

37 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 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. Cordoba: 1991-2020 normals, Cordoba / Aeropuerto (7.6 km from centre). Petra: 1991-2020 normals, Ma'An (33.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCordobaPetra
Official languageSpanishArabic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Jordanian Dinar (JOD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzBCFGJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112911
Elevation120 m850 m
Main airportCórdoba Airport (ODB)8 km from centre3 non-stop destinationsKing Hussein International Airport (AQJ)90 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCordobaPetra
City population323,262-
People per km²258-
Museums within 10 km162
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21

Where else could you go?

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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.