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Petra (Wadi Musa) in September

Hot and dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

September in Petra (Wadi Musa) is hot: highs near 90°F, lows near 64°F. Rain is rare, and the days shorten by 40 minutes from the first week to the last.September in Petra (Wadi Musa) is hot: highs near 32°C, lows near 18°C. Rain is rare, and the days shorten by 40 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
90°F32°Caverage
Low
64°F18°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 0% of days
Daylight
12h 17mon average

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

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

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 90°F in September, against 58°F to 94°F through the year.Highs near 32°C in September, against 14°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

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

Cloud cover

6% cover in September, against 2% to 37% through the year.

Daylight

12h 17m in September, against 10h 13m to 14h 04m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. August94°34°low 67°low 19°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. September90°32°low 64°low 18°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. October83°28°low 60°low 16°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Petra (Wadi Musa) sits, in September

Asia/Jerusalem
this place
typical high in September 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-September
6:22 AMsets 6:45 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 September, 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 September

high · low · wet days
  • Amman91°33° · 65°18° 0
See September 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.