Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Ma’an

Current local time in Petra:

10:03 PM, Thursday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Petra on map:^[1]

Petra GPS coordinates^[2]

30° 19' 15.456" North, 35° 28' 44.22" East

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	30.92602°,	34.77583°
Center:	30.32096°,	35.47895°
Lower-right:	29.71214°,	36.18208°
Map W x H:	135×135 km	= 83.9×83.9mi

max Lat:	33.31405°   ⇑92.8% North
Petra:	30.32096°
min Lat:	⇓7.2% South 29.40842°

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min Long	Petra	max Long
34.97918°	35.47895°	38.70342°
W 4.3%⇐		⇒95.7% E

Elevation

Elevation of Petra is 1127 m = 3698 ft, and this is 441.3 m = 1448 ft above average elevation for this country.

Max E:	1440 m = 4724 ft	5.1%
Petra	1127 m 3698 ft
Avg.	685.7 m = 2250 ft
Min E:	-366 m = -1201 ft	94.9%

See also: Jordan elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Petra is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this Northern Tropic circle is 765.5 km =475.7 mi to South.

Distance of	km	miles	from Petra
North Pole	6635.7	4123.2	to North
Arctic Circle	4029.8	2504	to North
Tropic Cancer	765.5	475.7	to South
Equator	3371.4	2094.9	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Petra: (largest is in red/bold)

• Ad Dīsah 74.4 km =46.2 mi, 177°
• Adhruḩ 11.3 km =7 mi, 84°
• Al Jafr 67.1 km =41.7 mi, 90°
• Al Murayghah 25.5 km =15.8 mi, 170°
• Al Quwayrah 60.1 km =37.3 mi, 195°
• Al Ḩasā 73.1 km =45.4 mi, 40°
• Al Ḩusaynīyah 43.1 km =26.8 mi, 44°
• Ar Rīshah 27.4 km =17 mi, 246°
• Ash Shawbak 24 km =14.9 mi, 21°
• Ayl 13.9 km =8.6 mi, 156°
• Aţ Ţafīlah 58.7 km =36.5 mi, 11°
• Aţ Ţayyibah 7.9 km =4.9 mi, 189°
• Buşayrā 47.4 km =29.5 mi, 15°
• Ma'an 28.2 km =17.5 mi, 119°
• Safi 79.5 km =49.4 mi, 359°

In other languages:

• In Russian: Петра