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The Römer, the old city hall, Frankfurt
FrankfurtThe Römer, the old city hall
The Treasury, Al-Khazneh, cut into the rock, Petra
PetraThe Treasury, Al-Khazneh, cut into the rock

Photos: Frankfurt by Thomas Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, cropped; Petra by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License.

Frankfurt 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 Frankfurt for

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

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

Choose Petra for

  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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. Frankfurt 8, Petra 5: Frankfurt leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Frankfurt 52, Petra 22: Frankfurt leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Frankfurt 60, Petra 85: Petra leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Frankfurt 52, Petra 5: Frankfurt leads by 47 points.
Nature & outdoors. Frankfurt 58, Petra 78: Petra leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Frankfurt 86, Petra 30: Frankfurt leads by 56 points.
Good for families. Frankfurt 62, Petra 25: Frankfurt leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Frankfurt 78, Petra 25: Frankfurt leads by 53 points.
Shopping & style. Frankfurt 56, Petra 18: Frankfurt leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Frankfurt 38, Petra 45: Petra leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Frankfurt 68, Petra 10: Frankfurt leads by 58 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Frankfurt 52, Petra 28: Frankfurt leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Frankfurt and Petra.

Your match

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

Frankfurt
Best match
56match

Wins on live music and the arts and day trips 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.

Frankfurt in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
68 mmrain in the month
8 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

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. Frankfurt: 1991-2020 normals, Frankfurt Westend (2 km from centre). Petra: 1991-2020 normals, Ma'An (33.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFrankfurtPetra
Official languageGermanArabic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Jordanian Dinar (JOD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzBCFGJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112911
Elevation101 m850 m
Main airportFrankfurt Main Airport (FRA)13 km from centre281 non-stop destinationsKing Hussein International Airport (AQJ)90 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days-

By the numbers

MeasureFrankfurtPetra
City population760,656-
People per km²3,063-
Museums within 10 km532
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

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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.