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The Treasury, Al-Khazneh, cut into the rock, Petra
PetraThe Treasury, Al-Khazneh, cut into the rock
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Petra by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Petra or Vilnius?

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 Vilnius for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Vilnius’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, Vilnius 17: Vilnius leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Petra 22, Vilnius 50: Vilnius leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Petra 85, Vilnius 66: Petra leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Petra 5, Vilnius 46: Vilnius leads by 41 points.
Nature & outdoors. Petra 78, Vilnius 52: Petra leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Petra 30, Vilnius 60: Vilnius leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Petra 25, Vilnius 44: Vilnius leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Petra 25, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Petra 18, Vilnius 38: Vilnius leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Petra 45, Vilnius 64: Vilnius leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Petra 10, Vilnius 54: Vilnius leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Petra 28, Vilnius 34: Vilnius leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Petra and Vilnius.

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.

Vilnius
Best match
49match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Vilnius in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
90 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
17 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). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePetraVilnius
Official languageArabicLithuanian
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation850 m98 m
Main airportKing Hussein International Airport (AQJ)90 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasurePetraVilnius
City population-619,405
People per km²-1,545
Museums within 10 km231
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13

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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.