Climate averages 1991–2020
Rukban weather
in January.
A cool, fairly dry 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 Rukban: daytime highs average 11.8°C and nights cool to about 1.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 13 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dūmā (215 km away). In January its highs average 11.5°C, about as warm as Rukban, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Jordan, Rukban ranks 10th of 12 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 12 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 12 cities is 13.0°C; Rukban is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 13.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 17 mm to 18 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
Rukban climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 11.8°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 17 | 4.0 | 10.210 h |
| February | 13.9°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 18 | 3.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 18.6°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 14 | 3.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.2°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 10 | 1.8 | 13.013 h |
| May | 29.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 5.3 | 1.0 | 13.914 h |
| June | 33.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.314 h |
| July | 36.1°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August | 36.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 32.6°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.9°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 7.6 | 1.7 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 12 | 2.6 | 10.510 h |
| December | 13.4°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 13 | 2.9 | 10.010 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
- Dūmā in JanuarySyria · 215 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 2.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Damascus in JanuarySyria · 225 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 1.2°C · 41 mm rain
- Dārayyā in JanuarySyria · 230 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 1.8°C · 41 mm rain
- Homs in JanuarySyria · 240 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 2.9°C · 39 mm rain
- As Salamīyah in JanuarySyria · 242 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 3.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Al Qā’im in JanuaryIraq · 243 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 4.3°C · 25 mm rain
- Dar‘ā in JanuarySyria · 255 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 4.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Qurayyat in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 255 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 3.2°C · 8.0 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 Rukban) is explained once on the Rukban year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.