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Amman in December

Mild and mostly dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Amman is mild: highs near 63°F, lows near 42°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 5 minutes.December in Amman is mild: highs near 17°C, lows near 6°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 5 minutes.

High
63°F17°Caverage
Low
42°F6°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 15% of days
Daylight
10h 05mon average

Is December a good time to visit Amman?

December sits outside Amman's best months, which run in two parts: April, or November. Expect mild days and rain on about one day a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 63°F in December, against 58°F to 95°F through the year.Highs near 17°C in December, against 14°C to 35°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

15% of days in December, against 0% to 28% through the year.

Cloud cover

36% cover in December, against 3% to 37% through the year.

Daylight

10h 05m in December, against 10h 05m to 14h 12m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with December shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. November72°22°low 50°low 10°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. December63°17°low 42°low 6°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. January58°14°low 39°low 4°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Amman sits, in December

Asia/Amman
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
7:29 AMsets 5:34 PM
Above the sea
830 mupland
Latitude
32.0°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Petra (Wadi Musa)186 km south

The land around Amman, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Jordan in December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Amman

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Amman. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (830 m) against the climate model's (926 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (830 m) against the climate model's (926 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.