Climate averages 1991–2020
Mādabā 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 Mādabā: daytime highs average 12.2°C and nights cool to about 4.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 48 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 20 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marj Al Hamam (21 km away). In January its highs average 11.0°C, 1.2°C cooler than Mādabā, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Jordan, Mādabā ranks joint 8th of 12 for the warmest January highs and joint 7th of 12 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 12 cities is 13.0°C; Mādabā is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 13.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 48 mm to 43 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
Mādabā climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Marj Al Hamam in JanuaryJordan · 21 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 2.5°C · 48 mm rain
- Khuraybat as Sūq in JanuaryJordan · 22 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 3.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Wādī as Sīr in JanuaryJordan · 27 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 3.8°C · 48 mm rain
- Amman in JanuaryJordan · 30 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 4.6°C · 42 mm rain
- As Salţ in JanuaryJordan · 36 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 2.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Russeifa in JanuaryJordan · 41 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 5.3°C · 42 mm rain
- Zarqa in JanuaryJordan · 48 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Jerusalem in JanuaryIsrael · 55 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 4.5°C · 77 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.