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Jordan climate

Hot dry summers, mild winters. Browse cities below to find a city with detailed month-by-month records.

Popular cities:Amman · Zarqa · Irbid · Russeifa · ‘Ajlūn · As Salţ

Browse all 13 cities in Jordan

Grouped by climate type, then by population.

BSh

Hot semi-arid

5 cities

Ammanpop 1.3M Zarqapop 793k Russeifapop 268k ‘Ajlūnpop 126k As Salţpop 108k

BSk

Cold semi-arid

3 cities

Irbidpop 569k Mafraqpop 57k Jarashpop 27k

BWh

Hot desert

3 cities

Aqabapop 95k Ma'anpop 50k Aţ Ţafīlahpop 25k

BWk

Cold desert

2 cities

Mādabāpop 82k Karak Citypop 22k

A few cities, to show the range

A spread picked to show how different the climate gets across Jordan.

Hot semi-aridBSh

Hot semi-aridBSh

Cold semi-aridBSk

Hot semi-aridBSh

Hot semi-aridBSh

Hot semi-aridBSh

Climate types in Jordan

Jordan spans 4 climate types. All climate types:

BSh Hot semi-arid · 5 cities BSk Cold semi-arid · 3 cities BWh Hot desert · 3 cities BWk Cold desert · 2 cities

Climate records across Jordan — warmest, coolest, wettest, driest

Warmest Aqaba (78.0 °F avg) · Coolest Mādabā (62.5 °F avg) · Wettest ‘Ajlūn (12 in/yr) · Driest Aqaba (1 in/yr)These are the extreme ends of our city records, not typical conditions — most of Jordan sits well between them.