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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Mafraq
Mafraq climate by month
Cold semi-arid · BSkBest Mar–Apr · Nov
Annual mean18°day and night
Seasonal swing18°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation245 mm39 wet days a year
32.34° N, 36.21° EElevation 705 mUTC+3
When to goMafraq · weather score
Best timeMar–Apr · Nov
October: high / low27° / 14°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Mafraq has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 34° and nights 19°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 12° and lows of 4°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 18°.
About 245 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (58 mm, 9 wet days) and July the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 2% in July to 28% in January.
Compared with Amman, the capital, Mafraq is 2° warmer on a August afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 34° · August
- Coldest nights
- 4° · January
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 2% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 16 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 03 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 | 12° | 14° | 18° | 24° | 29° | 32° | 34° | 34° | 32° | 27° | 20° | 14° |
| Average low | 4° | 5° | 7° | 10° | 14° | 16° | 19° | 19° | 17° | 14° | 10° | 6° |
| Precipitation | 58 mm | 54 mm | 34 mm | 10 mm | 4 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | 10 mm | 30 mm | 43 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 8.8 | 7.5 | 5.3 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 4.5 | 6.8 |
| Cloud cover | 28% | 27% | 23% | 20% | 13% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 11% | 20% | 27% |
| Daylight | 10h 15 | 11h 02 | 11h 57 | 12h 58 | 13h 48 | 14h 16 | 14h 05 | 13h 22 | 12h 24 | 11h 25 | 10h 31 | 10h 03 |
| Month score | 49 | 60 | 88 | 93 | 81 | 70 | 64 | 63 | 72 | 86 | 89 | 64 |
ivMonth by month
Mafraq in every month
January49
12° / 4°
58 mm · 8.8 wet days
February60
14° / 5°
54 mm · 7.5 wet days
March88
18° / 7°
34 mm · 5.3 wet days
April93
24° / 10°
10 mm · 3.1 wet days
May81
29° / 14°
4 mm · 0.9 wet day
June70
32° / 16°
1 mm · 0.2 wet days
July64
34° / 19°
0 mm · 0.1 wet days
August63
34° / 19°
0 mm · 0.2 wet days
September72
32° / 17°
1 mm · 0.1 wet days
October86
27° / 14°
10 mm · 1.8 wet days
November89
20° / 10°
30 mm · 4.5 wet days
December64
14° / 6°
43 mm · 6.8 wet days