Wadi Rum, Jordan

Wadi Rum sits in dry, desert-edge country in Jordan, and the 2015–2024 weather record gives its sunshine a clear shape: the April peak reaches a 99/100 sun score, with daytime highs around 26°C — a solid base for an itinerary built around activity.

Across a typical year, afternoon temperatures swing between 14°C (January) and 35°C (August). Rain is most likely in February, when about 6% of days see meaningful rainfall, and least likely in July (0%). If 24°C is your bar for proper warmth, count on April–October.

The seasonal arc is clear in the data: summer averages 35°C against winter's 16°C, while rain-day odds move from 5% in winter and 3% in spring to 0% in summer and 2% through autumn. That makes spring the statistical sweet spot (season score 97), with autumn a workable second; winter is where the odds thin out. A practical compromise is October — the edge of the warm window, averaging 28°C with a 98 sun score.

Best months to visit Wadi Rum

Ranked purely on sunshine odds, the podium is April at 99/100, then May at 99 and October at 98. In practice you have flexibility — February–December all stay above a 70 sun score. The month to avoid on pure weather odds is January (67/100).

Put against its 44 desert peers in April, it lands in the sunnier half of the group, ahead of 82% of them.

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The live forecast backs this up: of the next 16 days, 13 look mostly clear and none carry meaningful rain risk, in a 7–27°C band. Today's cached sun score is 99/100.