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The Treasury, Al-Khazneh, cut into the rock, Petra
PetraThe Treasury, Al-Khazneh, cut into the rock
A chairlift and the runs on Whistler Mountain, Whistler
WhistlerA chairlift and the runs on Whistler Mountain

Photos: Petra by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; Whistler by Ruth Hartnup, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Petra or Whistler?

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

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

Choose Whistler for

  • families
  • getting around
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Whistler’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, Whistler 30: Whistler leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Petra 22, Whistler 40: Whistler leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Petra 85, Whistler 20: Petra leads by 65 points.
Nightlife. Petra 5, Whistler 42: Whistler leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Petra 78, Whistler 97: Whistler leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Petra and Whistler are level on 30.
Good for families. Petra 25, Whistler 68: Whistler leads by 43 points.
Getting around. Petra 25, Whistler 68: Whistler leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Petra 18, Whistler 30: Whistler leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Petra 45, Whistler 12: Petra leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Petra 10, Whistler 15: Whistler leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Petra 28, Whistler 60: Whistler leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Petra and Whistler.

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.

Whistler
Best match
43match

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
14 hdaylight a day

Whistler in July

25 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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.

Whistler 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). Whistler: 1991-2020 normals, Whistler - Nesters (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePetraWhistler
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 m670 m
Main airportKing Hussein International Airport (AQJ)90 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)104 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePetraWhistler
City population-13,982
People per km²-58
Museums within 10 km21
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.