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The Treasury, Al-Khazneh, cut into the rock, Petra
PetraThe Treasury, Al-Khazneh, cut into the rock
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

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

Petra or Victoria?

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
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Victoria for

  • families
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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, Victoria 28: Victoria leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Petra 22, Victoria 50: Victoria leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Petra 85, Victoria 42: Petra leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Petra 5, Victoria 30: Victoria leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Petra 78, Victoria 77: Petra leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Petra 30, Victoria 54: Victoria leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Petra 25, Victoria 62: Victoria leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Petra 25, Victoria 60: Victoria leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Petra 18, Victoria 40: Victoria leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Petra 45, Victoria 34: Petra leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Petra 10, Victoria 40: Victoria leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Petra 28, Victoria 48: Victoria leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Petra and Victoria.

Your match

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

Petra
31match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Victoria
Best match
47match

Wins on families 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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 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.

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Petra: 1991-2020 normals, Ma'An (33.9 km from centre). Victoria: 1991-2020 normals, Victoria Gonzales CS (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePetraVictoria
Official languageArabicFrench, English
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation850 m23 m
Main airportKing Hussein International Airport (AQJ)90 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePetraVictoria
City population-91,867
People per km²-4,711
Museums within 10 km26
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.