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Petra (Wadi Musa) in January

Cool and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Petra (Wadi Musa) is cool: highs near 58°F, lows near 38°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 19 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Petra (Wadi Musa) is cool: highs near 14°C, lows near 3°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 19 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
58°F14°Caverage
Low
38°F3°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 13% of days
Daylight
10h 25mon average

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

January sits outside Petra (Wadi Musa)'s best months, which run in two parts: April, or October to November. Expect cool 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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

13% of days in January, against 0% to 15% through the year.

Cloud cover

35% cover in January, against 2% to 37% through the year.

Daylight

10h 25m in January, against 10h 13m to 14h 04m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. December63°17°low 42°low 6°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. January58°14°low 38°low 3°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. February60°16°low 39°low 4°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Petra (Wadi Musa) sits, in January

Asia/Jerusalem
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:35 AMsets 4:58 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 January, 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 January

high · low · wet days
  • Amman58°14° · 39°4° 2
See January 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.