Photos: Petra by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; Winter Park, Colorado by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.
Petra or Winter Park, Colorado?
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
- shopping
What lies behind each score is written up on Petra’s own page.
Choose Winter Park, Colorado for
- families
- wellness
- getting around
What lies behind each score is written up on Winter Park, Colorado’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 Winter Park, Colorado.
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 prices with your weighting.
Wins on families and wellness 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
Winter Park, Colorado 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.
Winter Park, Colorado's temperatures are measured 90 km from the centre, at Leadville / Stringtown.
Winter Park, Colorado's station stands 269 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.
Winter Park, Colorado 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). Winter Park, Colorado: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (89.9 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Petra | Winter Park, Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | Arabic | - |
| Currency | Jordanian Dinar (JOD) | US Dollar (USD) |
| Sockets | BCFGJ230 V, 50 Hz | AB120 V, 60 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Right |
| Time zone | UTC+3 | UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer |
| Emergency number | 911 | 911 |
| Elevation | 850 m | 2,759 m |
| Main airport | King Hussein International Airport (AQJ)90 km from centre5 non-stop destinations | Denver International Airport (DEN)95 km from centre231 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | - | 12 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Petra | Winter Park, Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| City population | - | 1,033 |
| People per km² | - | 24 |
| Museums within 10 km | 2 | 0 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 1 | 0 |
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