Climate averages 1991–2020
Mādabā weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Mādabā: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 18 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marj Al Hamam (21 km away). In August its highs average 31.1°C, about as warm as Mādabā, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 12 cities listed in Jordan, Mādabā ranks 10th of 12 for the warmest August highs and joint 1st of 12 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 12 cities is 33.4°C; Mādabā is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Mādabā climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.2°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 48 | 7.2 | 10.310 h |
| February | 13.4°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 43 | 7.0 | 11.011 h |
| March | 17.0°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 29 | 5.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.0°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 8.4 | 2.1 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 3.1 | 0.6 | 13.814 h |
| June | 29.6°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.3°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August, selected | 31.5°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 29.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 4.2 | 1.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 19.2°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 14 | 3.4 | 10.611 h |
| December | 14.3°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 29 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Marj Al Hamam in AugustJordan · 21 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 0 mm rain
- Khuraybat as Sūq in AugustJordan · 22 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 19.7°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Wādī as Sīr in AugustJordan · 27 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Amman in AugustJordan · 30 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 20.5°C · 0.1 mm rain
- As Salţ in AugustJordan · 36 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 18.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Russeifa in AugustJordan · 41 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 20.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Zarqa in AugustJordan · 48 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 18.6°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Jerusalem in AugustIsrael · 55 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 0.1 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 Mādabā) is explained once on the Mādabā year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.