Climate averages 1991–2020
Amman weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Amman: daytime highs average 12.9°C and nights cool to about 4.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 19 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khuraybat as Sūq (9 km away). In January its highs average 12.2°C, 0.8°C cooler than Amman, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Jordan, Amman ranks 6th of 12 for the warmest January highs and joint 3rd of 12 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 12 cities is 13.0°C; Amman is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 14.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 42 mm to 40 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Amman climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 12.9°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 42 | 7.1 | 10.310 h |
| February | 14.3°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 40 | 7.2 | 11.011 h |
| March | 18.2°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 28 | 5.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 10 | 2.8 | 12.913 h |
| May | 28.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 4.4 | 1.2 | 13.814 h |
| June | 31.5°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.214 h |
| July | 33.4°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 33.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 31.2°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 1.1 | 0.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.9°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 5.9 | 1.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 20.1°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 16 | 3.8 | 10.611 h |
| December | 15.0°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 27 | 5.1 | 10.110 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Khuraybat as Sūq in JanuaryJordan · 9 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 3.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Marj Al Hamam in JanuaryJordan · 11 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 2.5°C · 48 mm rain
- Russeifa in JanuaryJordan · 12 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 5.3°C · 42 mm rain
- Wādī as Sīr in JanuaryJordan · 12 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 3.8°C · 48 mm rain
- Zarqa in JanuaryJordan · 19 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 42 mm rain
- As Salţ in JanuaryJordan · 23 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 2.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Mādabā in JanuaryJordan · 30 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 4.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Irbid in JanuaryJordan · 67 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 4.1°C · 56 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Amman) is explained once on the Amman year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Zarqa, Russeifa and Khuraybat as Sūq lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.