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Petra (Wadi Musa) in April

Warm and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Petra (Wadi Musa) is warm: highs near 76°F, lows near 49°F. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 37 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Petra (Wadi Musa) is warm: highs near 24°C, lows near 9°C. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 37 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
76°F24°Caverage
Low
49°F9°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 4% of days
Daylight
12h 53mon average

Is April a good time to visit Petra (Wadi Musa)?

Yes. April is one of Petra (Wadi Musa)'s best months (April, or October to November).

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 April sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 76°F in April, against 58°F to 94°F through the year.Highs near 24°C in April, against 14°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

4% of days in April, against 0% to 15% through the year.

Cloud cover

30% cover in April, against 2% to 37% through the year.

Daylight

12h 53m in April, against 10h 13m to 14h 04m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. March67°19°low 43°low 6°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. April76°24°low 49°low 9°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. May84°29°low 57°low 14°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Petra (Wadi Musa) sits, in April

Asia/Jerusalem
this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
6:12 AMsets 7:05 PM
Above the sea
1,130 mupland
Latitude
30.3°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Amman186 km north

The land around Petra (Wadi Musa), shaded by its typical high in April, 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 April

high · low · wet days
  • Amman76°24° · 50°10° 1
See April on the planning mapThe whole year in Petra (Wadi Musa)

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Petra (Wadi Musa). 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 (1,130 m) against the climate model's (1,326 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 (1,130 m) against the climate model's (1,326 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.