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The Treasury, Al-Khazneh, cut into the rock, Petra
PetraThe Treasury, Al-Khazneh, cut into the rock
The Basilica of Superga, Turin
TurinThe Basilica of Superga

Photos: Petra by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; Turin by Konstantin Dacosta, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Petra or Turin?

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 Turin for

  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Turin’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, Turin 12: Turin leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Petra 22, Turin 81: Turin leads by 59 points.
Culture & sights. Petra 85, Turin 78: Petra leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Petra 5, Turin 50: Turin leads by 45 points.
Nature & outdoors. Petra 78, Turin 80: Turin leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Petra 30, Turin 84: Turin leads by 54 points.
Good for families. Petra 25, Turin 57: Turin leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Petra 25, Turin 68: Turin leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Petra 18, Turin 58: Turin leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Petra 45, Turin 58: Turin leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Petra 10, Turin 65: Turin leads by 55 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Petra 28, Turin 40: Turin leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Petra and Turin.

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.

Turin
Best match
61match

Wins on food and drink and live music and the arts 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

Turin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
56 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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.

Turin 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). Turin: 1991-2020 normals, Torino / Caselle (15.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePetraTurin
Official languageArabicItalian
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation850 m239 m
Main airportKing Hussein International Airport (AQJ)90 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsTurin Airport (TRN)14 km from centre65 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePetraTurin
City population-841,600
People per km²-6,474
Museums within 10 km272
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14

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. 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.