Russeifa climate

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Russeifa is warmest in August, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 5.0 °C. January is the wettest month (41 mm) and July the driest (0.03 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Russeifa averages 172 mm of rain, 195 days above 25 °C and 2 days below freezing.

Jordan · population 268,237 · 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 34 °C
Coldest month January 5.0 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month January 41 mm
Least cloud July 3 % cloud
Hottest on record August 43 °C
Coldest on record February -3.9 °C

What to expectRusseifa through the year

Russeifa has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 14 °C in January to 34 °C in August, a swing of 18 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 195 days a year reach 25 °C, 137 of them reach 30 °C, 2 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 41 mm against 0 mm in July — 1,543 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	13.7 °C	41 mm	43 %
February	15.2 °C	40 mm	42 %
March	19.3 °C	27 mm	35 %
April	24.6 °C	9 mm	28 %
May	29.4 °C	4 mm	20 %
June	32.5 °C	under 1 mm	3 %
July	34.3 °C	under 1 mm	3 %
August	34.3 °C	under 1 mm	3 %
September	32.2 °C	1 mm	5 %
October	27.9 °C	6 mm	19 %
November	20.9 °C	16 mm	33 %
December	15.7 °C	27 mm	39 %

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	13.7 °C	5.0 °C	9.1 °C	23.6 °C	-3.6 °C	0	0	1
February	15.2 °C	5.8 °C	10.3 °C	27.7 °C	-3.9 °C	0	0	0
March	19.3 °C	8.3 °C	13.7 °C	34.6 °C	-0.5 °C	4	1	0
April	24.6 °C	11.7 °C	18.3 °C	37.3 °C	1.6 °C	14	5	0
May	29.4 °C	15.8 °C	22.8 °C	40.2 °C	8.2 °C	26	14	0
June	32.5 °C	18.3 °C	25.5 °C	40.4 °C	12.3 °C	30	24	0
July	34.3 °C	20.0 °C	27.1 °C	42.5 °C	15.2 °C	31	30	0
August	34.3 °C	20.3 °C	27.2 °C	43.3 °C	16.1 °C	31	31	0
September	32.2 °C	19.1 °C	25.4 °C	42.2 °C	12.2 °C	30	24	0
October	27.9 °C	16.4 °C	22.0 °C	37.4 °C	8.6 °C	25	10	0
November	20.9 °C	10.7 °C	15.7 °C	30.4 °C	-0.8 °C	4	0	0
December	15.7 °C	6.6 °C	10.9 °C	27.4 °C	-1.3 °C	0	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	41 mm	7	10 h/day	43 %	73 %	17 km/h
February	40 mm	7	11 h/day	42 %	69 %	18 km/h
March	27 mm	6	12 h/day	35 %	61 %	19 km/h
April	9 mm	3	13 h/day	28 %	49 %	20 km/h
May	4 mm	1	14 h/day	20 %	43 %	20 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	3 %	45 %	21 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	3 %	47 %	21 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	3 %	51 %	19 km/h
September	1 mm	0	12 h/day	5 %	52 %	17 km/h
October	6 mm	1	11 h/day	19 %	52 %	15 km/h
November	16 mm	3	11 h/day	33 %	60 %	15 km/h
December	27 mm	5	10 h/day	39 %	69 %	16 km/h

How Russeifa 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
Russeifa	34 °C	5.0 °C	172 mm	195
Zarqa · Jordan	34 °C	3.9 °C	171 mm	191
Amman · Jordan	33 °C	4.1 °C	176 mm	182
Ṣuwayliḥ · Jordan	31 °C	2.3 °C	228 mm	159
Khuraybat as Sūq · Jordan	32 °C	3.5 °C	184 mm	175
Wādī as Sīr · Jordan	33 °C	4.0 °C	223 mm	178
Irbid · Jordan	33 °C	4.0 °C	266 mm	187

Where Russeifa ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in November	17thof 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in the world in November	27thof 50	97/100
The driest places in Asia in July	28thof 50	0.03 mm
Places with the best weather in Asia year-round	36thof 50	78/100
The driest places in Asia in August	42ndof 50	0.1 mm
The driest places in Asia in June	47thof 50	0.3 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Russeifa’s climate

When is the best time to visit Russeifa?

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 Russeifa get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 137 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 5.0 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 2 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Russeifa?

January, averaging 41 mm over 7 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 172 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 Russeifa 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
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.