Best: Apr-May, Oct-Nov · Great: Jun-Sep
Rain is a non-factor here almost every month — the real story of the year is temperature, swinging from January's cooler stretch to July's peak heat. In April, expect highs around 24°C with rain on roughly 2 days of the month.
Petra, the rock-cut city carved into pink sandstone cliffs, is the singular reason most people visit — arrive at opening time to see the Treasury before the crowds, and budget a full day if you want to reach the Monastery too. Wadi Rum's dramatic desert landscape is best experienced with an overnight in a Bedouin camp, and floating in the Dead Sea (the lowest point on Earth) is a genuinely strange, memorable experience most visitors pair with Amman or Petra.
Try mansaf, Jordan's national dish of lamb in a fermented yogurt sauce.
Daylight, sunrise, and sunset are calculated exactly from this region's latitude. Temperature and rainfall are modeled from its general climate type, not measured station data. Month summaries are generated from those modeled figures.
Expect cool days around 13°/2°C, with occasional rain (~5 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 15°/3°C, with occasional rain (~5 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 19°/6°C, with occasional rain (~4 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 24°/10°C, with mostly dry conditions (~2 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 28°/13°C, with mostly dry conditions (~1 rainy days).
Expect hot days around 31°/16°C, with mostly dry conditions (~0 rainy days).
Expect hot days around 33°/17°C, with mostly dry conditions (~0 rainy days).
Expect hot days around 33°/17°C, with mostly dry conditions (~0 rainy days).
Expect hot days around 31°/15°C, with mostly dry conditions (~0 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 27°/12°C, with mostly dry conditions (~1 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 20°/8°C, with mostly dry conditions (~2 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 15°/4°C, with occasional rain (~4 rainy days).