Photos: Petra by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.
Petra or Taipei?
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 Taipei for
- food and drink
- getting around
- nightlife
What lies behind each score is written up on Taipei’s own page.
Scoreboard
Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Petra and Taipei.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on culture and sights with your weighting.
Wins on food and drink and getting around 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
Taipei in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
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.
Taipei 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). Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Petra | Taipei |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | Arabic | Taiwanese Sign Language, Amis, Taiwanese Hokkien, Rukai, Bunun, Kanakanavu, Standard Taiwanese Mandarin, Paiwan, Yami, Atayal, Saaroa, Kavalan, Tsou, Seediq, Puyuma, Saisiyat, Sakizaya, Taiwanese Hakka, Truku, Matsu dialect, Kinmen dialect, Wuqiu dialect |
| Currency | Jordanian Dinar (JOD) | New Taiwan Dollar (TWD) |
| Sockets | BCFGJ230 V, 50 Hz | AB110 V, 60 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Right |
| Time zone | UTC+3 | UTC+8 |
| Emergency number | 911 | 110 or 112 or 119 |
| Elevation | 850 m | 10 m |
| Main airport | King Hussein International Airport (AQJ)90 km from centre5 non-stop destinations | Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre |
By the numbers
| Measure | Petra | Taipei |
|---|---|---|
| City population | - | 2,429,429 |
| People per km² | - | 8,938 |
| Museums within 10 km | 2 | 69 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 1 | 0 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | - | 8 months |
Where else could you go?
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