Photos: Petra by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.
Petra or Ushuaia?
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
- day trips
- prices
What lies behind each score is written up on Petra’s own page.
Choose Ushuaia for
- getting around
- food and drink
- families
What lies behind each score is written up on Ushuaia’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 Ushuaia.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Too close to call, level with your weighting
Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.
Wins on getting around and food and drink 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
Ushuaia 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.
Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Petra: 1991-2020 normals, Ma'An (33.9 km from centre). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Petra | Ushuaia |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | Arabic | Spanish |
| Currency | Jordanian Dinar (JOD) | Argentine Peso (ARS) |
| Sockets | BCFGJ230 V, 50 Hz | CI220 V, 50 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Left |
| Time zone | UTC+3 | UTC-3 |
| Emergency number | 911 | 117 or 911 |
| Elevation | 850 m | 23 m |
| Main airport | King Hussein International Airport (AQJ)90 km from centre5 non-stop destinations | Ushuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | - | 16 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Petra | Ushuaia |
|---|---|---|
| City population | - | 82,615 |
| People per km² | - | 3,592 |
| Museums within 10 km | 2 | 5 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 1 | 0 |
Where else could you go?
Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Petra or Ushuaia somewhere new.