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The Treasury, Al-Khazneh, cut into the rock, Petra
PetraThe Treasury, Al-Khazneh, cut into the rock
Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace

Photos: Petra by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Petra or Quebec City?

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 Petra for

  • culture and sights

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

Choose Quebec City for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Quebec City’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. Petra 5, Quebec City 18: Quebec City leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Petra 22, Quebec City 57: Quebec City leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Petra 85, Quebec City 70: Petra leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Petra 5, Quebec City 42: Quebec City leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Petra 78, Quebec City 79: Quebec City leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Petra 30, Quebec City 58: Quebec City leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Petra 25, Quebec City 64: Quebec City leads by 39 points.
Getting around. Petra 25, Quebec City 50: Quebec City leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Petra 18, Quebec City 45: Quebec City leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Petra and Quebec City are level on 45.
Live music & performing arts. Petra 10, Quebec City 52: Quebec City leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Petra 28, Quebec City 55: Quebec City leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Petra and Quebec City.

Your match

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

Petra
31match

Wins on culture and sights with your weighting.

Quebec City
Best match
53match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Petra in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
16 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. Petra: 1991-2020 normals, Ma'An (33.9 km from centre). Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePetraQuebec City
Official languageArabicFrench, English
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation850 m98 m
Main airportKing Hussein International Airport (AQJ)90 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-10 days

By the numbers

MeasurePetraQuebec City
City population-574,482
People per km²-1,184
Museums within 10 km216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

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.