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The Treasury, Al-Khazneh, cut into the rock, Petra
PetraThe Treasury, Al-Khazneh, cut into the rock
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

Photos: Petra by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Petra or Toledo?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Toledo for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Toledo’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 and Toledo are level on 5.
Food & drink. Petra 22, Toledo 40: Toledo leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Petra 85, Toledo 79: Petra leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Petra 5, Toledo 22: Toledo leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Petra 78, Toledo 40: Petra leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Petra 30, Toledo 78: Toledo leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Petra 25, Toledo 45: Toledo leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Petra 25, Toledo 64: Toledo leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Petra 18, Toledo 32: Toledo leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Petra 45, Toledo 58: Toledo leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Petra 10, Toledo 22: Toledo leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Petra 28, Toledo 30: Toledo leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Petra and Toledo.

Your match

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

Petra
31match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and culture and sights with your weighting.

Toledo
Best match
43match

Wins on day trips 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

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

Toledo in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
6 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
15 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). Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePetraToledo
Official languageArabicSpanish
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 m523 m
Main airportKing Hussein International Airport (AQJ)90 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePetraToledo
City population-87,216
People per km²-376
Museums within 10 km213
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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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.