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The Treasury, Al-Khazneh, cut into the rock, Petra
PetraThe Treasury, Al-Khazneh, cut into the rock
Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan

Photos: Petra by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; Stockholm by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Petra or Stockholm?

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

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Stockholm for

  • getting around
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Stockholm’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, Stockholm 40: Stockholm leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Petra 22, Stockholm 64: Stockholm leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Petra 85, Stockholm 77: Petra leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Petra 5, Stockholm 57: Stockholm leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. Petra 78, Stockholm 72: Petra leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Petra 30, Stockholm 68: Stockholm leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Petra 25, Stockholm 82: Stockholm leads by 57 points.
Getting around. Petra 25, Stockholm 84: Stockholm leads by 59 points.
Shopping & style. Petra 18, Stockholm 70: Stockholm leads by 52 points.
Affordability. Petra 45, Stockholm 30: Petra leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Petra 10, Stockholm 65: Stockholm leads by 55 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Petra 28, Stockholm 56: Stockholm leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Petra and Stockholm.

Your match

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

Petra
31match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Stockholm
Best match
64match

Wins on getting around 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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Stockholm in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
65 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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.

Stockholm 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.

Stockholm's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Stockholm Observatoriet.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Petra: 1991-2020 normals, Ma'An (33.9 km from centre). Stockholm: 2003-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Stockholm Bromma Airport (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePetraStockholm
Official languageArabicSwedish
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Swedish Krona (SEK)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation850 m22 m
Main airportKing Hussein International Airport (AQJ)90 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasurePetraStockholm
City population-984,748
People per km²-5,260
Museums within 10 km2266
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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). 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.