Climate guideThirty-year normals for Azraq
Azraq climate by month
Hot desert · BWhBest Mar · Nov–Dec
Annual mean20°day and night
Seasonal swing20°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation60 mm20 wet days a year
31.83° N, 36.81° EElevation 516 mUTC+3
When to goAzraq · weather score
Best timeMar · Nov–Dec
October: high / low30° / 15°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Azraq has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 38° and nights 21°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 15° and lows of 3°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 20°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 60 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. February is the wettest month (11 mm, 5 wet days) and June the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 1% in June to 22% in December.
Compared with Amman, the capital, Azraq is 5.9° warmer on a August afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 38° · August
- Coldest nights
- 3° · January
- Wettest month
- February
- Driest month
- June
- Clearest skies
- June · 1% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 13 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 05 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 15° | 17° | 22° | 28° | 33° | 36° | 38° | 38° | 35° | 30° | 22° | 17° |
| Average low | 3° | 4° | 8° | 12° | 16° | 19° | 20° | 21° | 19° | 15° | 9° | 4° |
| Precipitation | 15 mm | 11 mm | 8 mm | 4 mm | 2 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 3 mm | 7 mm | 10 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 3.6 | 4.7 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 3.2 |
| Cloud cover | 21% | 19% | 17% | 17% | 12% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 8% | 16% | 22% |
| Daylight | 10h 17 | 11h 03 | 11h 57 | 12h 57 | 13h 46 | 14h 13 | 14h 02 | 13h 20 | 12h 23 | 11h 26 | 10h 33 | 10h 05 |
| Month score | 77 | 85 | 94 | 85 | 67 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 76 | 95 | 87 |
ivMonth by month
Azraq in every month
January77
15° / 3°
15 mm · 3.6 wet days
February85
17° / 4°
11 mm · 4.7 wet days
March94
22° / 8°
8 mm · 2.4 wet days
April85
28° / 12°
4 mm · 1.6 wet days
May67
33° / 16°
2 mm · 0.5 wet day
June58
36° / 19°
0 mm · 0.1 wet days
July58
38° / 20°
0 mm · 0.1 wet days
August58
38° / 21°
0 mm · 0.1 wet days
September58
35° / 19°
0 mm · 0.1 wet days
October76
30° / 15°
3 mm · 0.8 wet day
November95
22° / 9°
7 mm · 2.3 wet days
December87
17° / 4°
10 mm · 3.2 wet days