Petra, Jordan

Petra sits in dry, desert-edge country in Jordan, and the 2015–2024 weather record gives its sunshine a clear shape: the May peak reaches a 100/100 sun score, with daytime highs around 28°C — a solid base for a trip of museums, food and old streets.

The year runs from average lows of 6°C in January to highs of 32°C in July. Rain is most likely in February, when about 25% of days see meaningful rainfall, and least likely in June (0%). If 24°C is your bar for proper warmth, count on April–October.

The seasonal arc is clear in the data: summer averages 32°C against winter's 14°C, while rain-day odds move from 22% in winter and 10% in spring to 0% in summer and 7% through autumn. Autumn wins on the numbers and winter loses them; everything in between is a trade-off between warmth and crowds. If your dates are flexible, October buys you 26°C warmth at the quiet end of the season.

Best months to visit Petra

Ranked purely on sunshine odds, the podium is May at 100/100, then June at 100 and April at 99. Anything in March–November clears our 70-point reliability bar. Skip January if sunshine is the point — it bottoms out at 63/100.

Put against its 44 desert peers in May, it lands in the sunnier half of the group, ahead of 93% of them.

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As of the latest refresh, Petra's next 15 days span 9°C to 27°C; 11 days look mostly sunny while none look likely to be wet — a live sun score of 99/100.