Irbid climate

Name: Irbid
Address: JO

Irbid is warmest in August, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 4.0 °C. February is the wettest month (59 mm) and July the driest (0.07 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Irbid averages 266 mm of rain, 187 days above 25 °C and 5 days below freezing.

Jordan · population 569,068 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 33 °C
Coldest month January 4.0 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month February 59 mm
Least cloud June 9 % cloud
Hottest on record September 43 °C
Coldest on record February -9.0 °C

What to expectIrbid through the year

Irbid has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 14 °C in January to 33 °C in August, a swing of 17 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 187 days a year reach 25 °C, 120 of them reach 30 °C, 5 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in September.

Rain is strongly seasonal. February averages 59 mm against 0 mm in July — 889 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	13.5 °C	58 mm	46 %
February	14.8 °C	59 mm	46 %
March	18.5 °C	42 mm	41 %
April	23.4 °C	18 mm	34 %
May	28.2 °C	9 mm	24 %
June	31.3 °C	1 mm	9 %
July	33.1 °C	under 1 mm	10 %
August	33.2 °C	under 1 mm	12 %
September	31.3 °C	2 mm	12 %
October	27.6 °C	8 mm	24 %
November	20.9 °C	26 mm	35 %
December	15.6 °C	43 mm	42 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	13.5 °C	4.0 °C	8.5 °C	22.7 °C	-4.3 °C	0	0	2
February	14.8 °C	4.6 °C	9.5 °C	26.8 °C	-9.0 °C	0	0	1
March	18.5 °C	6.9 °C	12.5 °C	34.3 °C	-1.6 °C	3	0	0
April	23.4 °C	9.9 °C	16.6 °C	37.4 °C	-0.6 °C	11	4	0
May	28.2 °C	14.0 °C	21.1 °C	40.7 °C	6.5 °C	23	11	0
June	31.3 °C	16.8 °C	23.7 °C	40.4 °C	10.0 °C	30	19	0
July	33.1 °C	18.8 °C	25.4 °C	41.6 °C	14.0 °C	31	28	0
August	33.2 °C	19.4 °C	25.5 °C	42.7 °C	14.6 °C	31	29	0
September	31.3 °C	18.1 °C	24.1 °C	43.4 °C	10.7 °C	30	20	0
October	27.6 °C	15.2 °C	21.0 °C	37.5 °C	6.7 °C	23	8	0
November	20.9 °C	9.7 °C	15.0 °C	31.6 °C	-0.8 °C	5	0	0
December	15.6 °C	5.6 °C	10.2 °C	25.6 °C	-3.9 °C	0	0	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	58 mm	9	10 h/day	46 %	74 %	14 km/h
February	59 mm	9	11 h/day	46 %	71 %	15 km/h
March	42 mm	7	12 h/day	41 %	66 %	16 km/h
April	18 mm	4	13 h/day	34 %	57 %	17 km/h
May	9 mm	2	14 h/day	24 %	51 %	18 km/h
June	1 mm	0	14 h/day	9 %	54 %	19 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	10 %	58 %	20 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	12 %	62 %	19 km/h
September	2 mm	0	12 h/day	12 %	60 %	17 km/h
October	8 mm	2	11 h/day	24 %	57 %	14 km/h
November	26 mm	5	10 h/day	35 %	61 %	13 km/h
December	43 mm	7	10 h/day	42 %	70 %	13 km/h

How Irbid compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Irbid	33 °C	4.0 °C	266 mm	187
Zarqa · Jordan	34 °C	3.9 °C	171 mm	191
Ṣuwayliḥ · Jordan	31 °C	2.3 °C	228 mm	159
Russeifa · Jordan	34 °C	5.0 °C	172 mm	195
Wādī as Sīr · Jordan	33 °C	4.0 °C	223 mm	178
Amman · Jordan	33 °C	4.1 °C	176 mm	182
Khuraybat as Sūq · Jordan	32 °C	3.5 °C	184 mm	175

Where Irbid ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in April	29th of 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in Asia year-round	34th of 50	78/100
The driest places in Asia in July	35th of 50	0.07 mm
Places with the best weather in Asia in November	37th of 50	95/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Irbid.

QuestionsCommon questions about Irbid’s climate

When is the best time to visit Irbid?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Irbid get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 120 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 4.0 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 5 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Irbid?

February, averaging 59 mm over 9 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 266 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Irbid rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 32.556°, 35.850° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.