Climate guideThirty-year normals for Zarqa
Zarqa climate by month
Hot semi-arid · BShBest Mar–Apr · Nov
Annual mean19°day and night
Seasonal swing18°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation202 mm39 wet days a year
32.07° N, 36.09° EElevation 625 mUTC+3
When to goZarqa · weather score
Best timeMar–Apr · Nov
October: high / low28° / 16°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Zarqa has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 34° and nights 20°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 13° and lows of 5°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 18°.
About 202 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (49 mm, 9 wet days) and July the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 1% in July to 26% in January.
Compared with Amman, the capital, Zarqa is 2.5° warmer on a August afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 34° · August
- Coldest nights
- 5° · January
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 1% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 14 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 04 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 | 13° | 15° | 19° | 25° | 30° | 33° | 34° | 34° | 32° | 28° | 21° | 15° |
| Average low | 5° | 6° | 8° | 11° | 15° | 18° | 20° | 20° | 18° | 16° | 11° | 7° |
| Precipitation | 49 mm | 49 mm | 30 mm | 7 mm | 3 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 6 mm | 22 mm | 36 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 | 26% | 24% | 21% | 18% | 12% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 10% | 18% | 25% |
| Daylight | 10h 16 | 11h 03 | 11h 57 | 12h 57 | 13h 47 | 14h 14 | 14h 03 | 13h 21 | 12h 24 | 11h 25 | 10h 32 | 10h 04 |
| Month score | 54 | 66 | 88 | 93 | 78 | 68 | 62 | 60 | 70 | 82 | 89 | 70 |
ivMonth by month
Zarqa in every month
January54
13° / 5°
49 mm · 8.8 wet days
February66
15° / 6°
49 mm · 7.5 wet days
March88
19° / 8°
30 mm · 5.3 wet days
April93
25° / 11°
7 mm · 3.1 wet days
May78
30° / 15°
3 mm · 0.9 wet day
June68
33° / 18°
0 mm · 0.2 wet days
July62
34° / 20°
0 mm · 0.1 wet days
August60
34° / 20°
0 mm · 0.2 wet days
September70
32° / 18°
0 mm · 0.1 wet days
October82
28° / 16°
6 mm · 1.8 wet days
November89
21° / 11°
22 mm · 4.5 wet days
December70
15° / 7°
36 mm · 6.8 wet days