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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The Treasury, Al-Khazneh, cut into the rock, Petra
PetraThe Treasury, Al-Khazneh, cut into the rock

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Petra by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License.

Dublin 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 Dublin for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

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

Choose Petra for

  • prices
  • 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. Dublin 27, Petra 5: Dublin leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Petra 22: Dublin leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Petra 85: Petra leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Petra 5: Dublin leads by 57 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Petra 78: Petra leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Petra 30: Dublin leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Petra 25: Dublin leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Petra 25: Dublin leads by 41 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Petra 18: Dublin leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Petra 45: Petra leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Petra 10: Dublin leads by 55 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Petra 28: Petra leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Petra.

Your match

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

Dublin
Best match
53match

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

Petra
31match

Wins on prices 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.

Dublin in July

20 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Petra in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Petra: 1991-2020 normals, Ma'An (33.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinPetra
Official languageEnglish, IrishArabic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Jordanian Dinar (JOD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzBCFGJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112911
Elevation20 m850 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsKing Hussein International Airport (AQJ)90 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureDublinPetra
City population592,713-
People per km²5,154-
Museums within 10 km402
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.