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The Treasury, Al-Khazneh, cut into the rock, Petra
PetraThe Treasury, Al-Khazneh, cut into the rock
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Petra by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Petra or Warsaw?

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 Warsaw for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Warsaw’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, Warsaw 12: Warsaw leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Petra 22, Warsaw 60: Warsaw leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Petra 85, Warsaw 70: Petra leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Petra 5, Warsaw 66: Warsaw leads by 61 points.
Nature & outdoors. Petra 78, Warsaw 47: Petra leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Petra 30, Warsaw 52: Warsaw leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Petra 25, Warsaw 62: Warsaw leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Petra 25, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. Petra 18, Warsaw 55: Warsaw leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Petra 45, Warsaw 64: Warsaw leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Petra 10, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 53 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Petra 28, Warsaw 35: Warsaw leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Petra and Warsaw.

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.

Warsaw
Best match
55match

Wins on nightlife 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

Warsaw in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Petra: 1991-2020 normals, Ma'An (33.9 km from centre). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePetraWarsaw
Official languageArabicPolish
CurrencyJordanian Dinar (JOD)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsBCFGJ230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation850 m118 m
Main airportKing Hussein International Airport (AQJ)90 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasurePetraWarsaw
City population-1,862,402
People per km²-3,601
Museums within 10 km2117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.