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The Treasury, Al-Khazneh, cut into the rock, Petra
PetraThe Treasury, Al-Khazneh, cut into the rock
The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress

Photos: Petra by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License.

Petra or Salzburg?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Salzburg for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Salzburg’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, Salzburg 35: Salzburg leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Petra 22, Salzburg 45: Salzburg leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Petra 85, Salzburg 72: Petra leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Petra 5, Salzburg 25: Salzburg leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Petra 78, Salzburg 86: Salzburg leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Petra 30, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Petra 25, Salzburg 65: Salzburg leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Petra 25, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. Petra 18, Salzburg 48: Salzburg leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Petra 45, Salzburg 32: Petra leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Petra 10, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 70 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Petra 28, Salzburg 55: Salzburg leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Petra and Salzburg.

Your match

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

Petra
31match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Salzburg
Best match
58match

Wins on live music and the arts and day trips 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

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine 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). Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePetraSalzburg
Official languageArabicGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation850 m424 m
Main airportKing Hussein International Airport (AQJ)90 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasurePetraSalzburg
City population-155,021
People per km²-2,360
Museums within 10 km238
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.