Climate averages 1991–2020
Irbid weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Irbid: daytime highs average 13.2°C and nights cool to about 4.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 16 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ar Ramthā (15 km away). In January its highs average 13.7°C, 0.5°C warmer than Irbid, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Jordan, Irbid ranks 4th of 12 for the warmest January highs and 12th of 12 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 12 cities is 13.0°C; Irbid is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 14.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 56 mm to 57 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
Irbid climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 13.2°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 56 | 9.4 | 10.310 h |
| February | 14.5°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 57 | 8.5 | 11.011 h |
| March | 18.1°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 40 | 6.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.0°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 18 | 3.8 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.7°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 8.2 | 1.9 | 13.814 h |
| June | 30.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 14.314 h |
| July | 32.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August | 32.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.1°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 8.7 | 2.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 20.5°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 25 | 4.9 | 10.511 h |
| December | 15.3°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 41 | 6.5 | 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
- Ar Ramthā in JanuaryJordan · 15 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 4.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Dar‘ā in JanuarySyria · 25 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 4.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Nazareth in JanuaryIsrael · 54 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 6.0°C · 113 mm rain
- Zarqa in JanuaryJordan · 58 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 42 mm rain
- As Salţ in JanuaryJordan · 59 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 2.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Russeifa in JanuaryJordan · 63 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 5.3°C · 42 mm rain
- Wādī as Sīr in JanuaryJordan · 67 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 3.8°C · 48 mm rain
- Nablus in JanuaryPalestinian Territory · 67 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 4.4°C · 107 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 Irbid) is explained once on the Irbid year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.