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Petra (Wadi Musa) in December

Mild and dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Petra (Wadi Musa) is mild: highs near 63°F, lows near 42°F. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 13 minutes.December in Petra (Wadi Musa) is mild: highs near 17°C, lows near 6°C. Rain is rare, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 13 minutes.

High
63°F17°Caverage
Low
42°F6°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 6% of days
Daylight
10h 13mon average

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

December sits outside Petra (Wadi Musa)'s best months, which run in two parts: April, or October to November. Expect mild days and rain on fewer than 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 94°F through the year.Highs near 17°C in December, against 14°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

6% of days in December, against 0% to 15% through the year.

Cloud cover

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

Daylight

10h 13m in December, against 10h 13m to 14h 04m 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. November71°22°low 50°low 10°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. December63°17°low 42°low 6°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. January58°14°low 38°low 3°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Petra (Wadi Musa) sits, in December

Asia/Jerusalem
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:27 AMsets 4:39 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 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
  • Amman63°17° · 42°6° 1
See December 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.