Zarqa climate

Name: Zarqa
Address: JO

Zarqa is warmest in August, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 3.9 °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 Zarqa averages 171 mm of rain, 191 days above 25 °C and 5 days below freezing.

Jordan · population 792,665 · 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 3.9 °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 -6.0 °C

What to expectZarqa through the year

Zarqa has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 13 °C in January to 34 °C in August, a swing of 18 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 191 days a year reach 25 °C, 130 of them reach 30 °C, 5 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 — 1,538 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	13.1 °C	41 mm	43 %
February	14.7 °C	40 mm	42 %
March	18.9 °C	27 mm	36 %
April	24.2 °C	9 mm	29 %
May	29.1 °C	4 mm	20 %
June	32.1 °C	under 1 mm	3 %
July	33.8 °C	under 1 mm	3 %
August	33.8 °C	under 1 mm	3 %
September	31.8 °C	1 mm	5 %
October	27.6 °C	5 mm	19 %
November	20.3 °C	16 mm	33 %
December	14.9 °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	13.1 °C	3.9 °C	8.3 °C	23.1 °C	-4.8 °C	0	0	2
February	14.7 °C	4.7 °C	9.6 °C	27.8 °C	-6.0 °C	0	0	1
March	18.9 °C	7.2 °C	13.1 °C	33.4 °C	-2.0 °C	4	1	0
April	24.2 °C	10.5 °C	17.6 °C	37.1 °C	0.1 °C	13	5	0
May	29.1 °C	14.4 °C	22.1 °C	40.1 °C	6.9 °C	25	13	0
June	32.1 °C	16.6 °C	24.7 °C	41.5 °C	10.2 °C	30	22	0
July	33.8 °C	18.4 °C	26.3 °C	42.5 °C	13.0 °C	31	29	0
August	33.8 °C	18.7 °C	26.3 °C	43.1 °C	13.7 °C	31	30	0
September	31.8 °C	17.4 °C	24.5 °C	42.3 °C	12.1 °C	30	22	0
October	27.6 °C	15.0 °C	21.2 °C	37.3 °C	7.2 °C	24	8	0
November	20.3 °C	9.7 °C	14.9 °C	29.7 °C	-1.9 °C	3	0	0
December	14.9 °C	5.5 °C	10.0 °C	25.9 °C	-2.3 °C	0	0	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	41 mm	7	10 h/day	43 %	74 %	17 km/h
February	40 mm	7	11 h/day	42 %	70 %	18 km/h
March	27 mm	6	12 h/day	36 %	62 %	19 km/h
April	9 mm	3	13 h/day	29 %	50 %	19 km/h
May	4 mm	1	14 h/day	20 %	45 %	20 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	3 %	46 %	21 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	3 %	49 %	21 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	3 %	53 %	20 km/h
September	1 mm	0	12 h/day	5 %	54 %	17 km/h
October	5 mm	1	11 h/day	19 %	54 %	15 km/h
November	16 mm	3	11 h/day	33 %	61 %	15 km/h
December	27 mm	5	10 h/day	39 %	70 %	15 km/h

How Zarqa 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
Zarqa	34 °C	3.9 °C	171 mm	191
Russeifa · Jordan	34 °C	5.0 °C	172 mm	195
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 Zarqa ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Asia in July	27thof 50	0.03 mm
Places with the best weather in Asia year-round	38thof 50	78/100
The driest places in Asia in August	41stof 50	0.1 mm
The driest places in Asia in June	44thof 50	0.2 mm
The driest places in the world in July	50thof 50	0.03 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Zarqa’s climate

When is the best time to visit Zarqa?

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 Zarqa get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 130 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 3.9 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 5 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Zarqa?

January, averaging 41 mm over 7 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 171 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 Zarqa 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.