What are the temperature differences between Amman, Al Mafraq, Irbid, Az Zarqa' and Ar Rusayfah?

The temperatures across the five cities (Amman, Al Mafraq, Irbid, Az Zarqa', Ar Rusayfah) are broadly similar with slight variations. Irbid tends to have slightly warmer minimum and maximum temperatures compared to the others, especially during the peak summer months. Al Mafraq records the lowest minimum temperatures in January and February, potentially reaching uncomfortable levels. July and August sees temperatures exceeding the comfort zone in all cities, while most cities enjoy comfortable temperatures during April, May, September and October. Ar Rusayfah and Amman have identical temperatures.

What are the differences in sun/precipitation levels between Amman, Al Mafraq, Irbid, Az Zarqa' and Ar Rusayfah?

Overall, the cities show similar patterns of sunlight and precipitation with peak sun hours in July and minimal precipitation during the summer months. Irbid tends to have slightly lower sun hours throughout the year compared to the other cities. Ar Rusayfah and Amman have identical conditions in the provided dataset, suggesting they might be very close geographically or the data is sourced from the same weather station. All locations experience a dry summer, with precipitation concentrated in the winter months.

What are the differences in astronomy conditions (sunrise, sunset) between Amman, Al Mafraq, Irbid, Az Zarqa' and Ar Rusayfah?

The cities exhibit very similar sunrise and sunset times throughout the year, leading to comparable day lengths. Al Mafraq has the earliest sunrise in June, while Amman and Ar Rusayfah have the latest. The shortest days occur in December, with Amman and Ar Rusayfah experiencing slightly shorter days compared to the other cities. Longest days occurs in June, with Irbid having the maximum day length in June.

Jordan: Weather & Climate Comparison

Yearly weather

Calculations are based on the last 8 years of historical weather data.

Temperatures

The temperatures across the five cities (Amman, Al Mafraq, Irbid, Az Zarqa', Ar Rusayfah) are broadly similar with slight variations.
Irbid tends to have slightly warmer minimum and maximum temperatures compared to the others, especially during the peak summer months.
Al Mafraq records the lowest minimum temperatures in January and February, potentially reaching uncomfortable levels.
July and August sees temperatures exceeding the comfort zone in all cities, while most cities enjoy comfortable temperatures during April, May, September and October. Ar Rusayfah and Amman have identical temperatures.

Maximum Temperatures

Period	Amman	Al Mafraq	Irbid	Az Zarqa'	Ar Rusayfah
Jan	12.8°C	12.0°C	14.5°C	13.4°C	12.8°C
Feb	14.0°C	13.3°C	15.3°C	14.5°C	14.0°C
Mar	17.8°C	17.3°C	18.8°C	18.3°C	17.8°C
Apr	23.9°C	23.5°C	24.6°C	24.4°C	23.9°C
May	28.7°C	28.5°C	29.6°C	29.3°C	28.7°C
Jun	31.8°C	31.9°C	32.3°C	32.2°C	31.8°C
Jul	34.0°C	34.2°C	34.6°C	34.1°C	34.0°C
Aug	33.4°C	33.8°C	34.2°C	33.7°C	33.4°C
Sep	31.5°C	31.8°C	32.5°C	32.2°C	31.5°C
Oct	26.6°C	26.5°C	28.3°C	27.5°C	26.6°C
Nov	20.1°C	19.6°C	22.0°C	20.8°C	20.1°C
Dec	15.4°C	14.7°C	17.3°C	16.0°C	15.4°C
Average	23.9°C	24.2°C	24.2°C	24.7°C	25.3°C

Minimum Temperatures

Period	Amman	Al Mafraq	Irbid	Az Zarqa'	Ar Rusayfah
Jan	6.2°C	5.7°C	7.6°C	6.5°C	6.2°C
Feb	6.5°C	5.9°C	7.4°C	6.8°C	6.5°C
Mar	8.9°C	8.5°C	9.5°C	9.3°C	8.9°C
Apr	13.0°C	12.4°C	12.8°C	13.5°C	13.0°C
May	17.1°C	16.3°C	17.1°C	17.3°C	17.1°C
Jun	19.6°C	18.9°C	19.6°C	19.8°C	19.6°C
Jul	21.3°C	20.5°C	21.6°C	21.4°C	21.3°C
Aug	21.1°C	20.6°C	21.7°C	21.2°C	21.1°C
Sep	19.6°C	19.3°C	20.6°C	19.8°C	19.6°C
Oct	16.5°C	16.1°C	18.0°C	16.9°C	16.5°C
Nov	12.1°C	11.7°C	13.8°C	12.6°C	12.1°C
Dec	8.5°C	8.0°C	10.0°C	8.7°C	8.5°C
Average	13.7°C	14.2°C	14.2°C	14.5°C	15.0°C

Maximum/minimum temperature averages are computed by averaging the max/min temperature of each day for a given period.

Conditions

Overall, the cities show similar patterns of sunlight and precipitation with peak sun hours in July and minimal precipitation during the summer months. Irbid tends to have slightly lower sun hours throughout the year compared to the other cities.
Ar Rusayfah and Amman have identical conditions in the provided dataset, suggesting they might be very close geographically or the data is sourced from the same weather station. All locations experience a dry summer, with precipitation concentrated in the winter months.

Sunny Weather

Period	Amman	Al Mafraq	Irbid	Az Zarqa'	Ar Rusayfah
Jan	5.8 hours/day	5.4 hours/day	5.1 hours/day	5.8 hours/day	5.8 hours/day
Feb	6.2 hours/day	6.0 hours/day	5.5 hours/day	6.1 hours/day	6.2 hours/day
Mar	7.3 hours/day	7.1 hours/day	6.2 hours/day	7.3 hours/day	7.3 hours/day
Apr	10.2 hours/day	10.0 hours/day	9.7 hours/day	10.2 hours/day	10.2 hours/day
May	12.3 hours/day	12.4 hours/day	11.7 hours/day	12.4 hours/day	12.3 hours/day
Jun	13.7 hours/day	13.7 hours/day	13.4 hours/day	13.7 hours/day	13.7 hours/day
Jul	13.9 hours/day	13.9 hours/day	13.7 hours/day	13.9 hours/day	13.9 hours/day
Aug	13.3 hours/day	13.4 hours/day	13.1 hours/day	13.4 hours/day	13.3 hours/day
Sep	11.7 hours/day	11.7 hours/day	11.4 hours/day	11.7 hours/day	11.7 hours/day
Oct	10.3 hours/day	10.3 hours/day	9.9 hours/day	10.4 hours/day	10.3 hours/day
Nov	7.4 hours/day	7.3 hours/day	7.0 hours/day	7.3 hours/day	7.4 hours/day
Dec	6.3 hours/day	6.2 hours/day	6.0 hours/day	6.4 hours/day	6.3 hours/day
Average	9.8 hours/day	9.9 hours/day	9.9 hours/day	9.9 hours/day	9.4 hours/day

Sun hours are computed from the number of hours of direct sunlight. The length of the day can affect these measurements; for example, northern cities have longer days in summer.

Precipitation Levels

Period	Amman	Al Mafraq	Irbid	Az Zarqa'	Ar Rusayfah
Jan	1.4mm	1.1mm	2.0mm	1.4mm	1.4mm
Feb	1.3mm	1.2mm	2.1mm	1.4mm	1.3mm
Mar	1.1mm	1.0mm	1.7mm	1.2mm	1.1mm
Apr	0.5mm	0.6mm	0.9mm	0.6mm	0.5mm
May	0.2mm	0.1mm	0.3mm	0.2mm	0.2mm
Jun	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
Jul	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
Aug	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
Sep	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
Oct	0.2mm	0.1mm	0.3mm	0.1mm	0.2mm
Nov	0.5mm	0.5mm	0.9mm	0.5mm	0.5mm
Dec	0.6mm	0.6mm	1.3mm	0.6mm	0.6mm
Average	0.4mm	0.5mm	0.5mm	0.5mm	0.8mm

Average amount of precipitation that falls in a form of a rain, snow, sleet or hail.

Wind Speed

Period	Amman	Al Mafraq	Irbid	Az Zarqa'	Ar Rusayfah
Jan	20.4km/h	22.1km/h	18.1km/h	19.5km/h	20.4km/h
Feb	20.1km/h	22.1km/h	17.7km/h	19.5km/h	20.1km/h
Mar	22.7km/h	25.6km/h	20.9km/h	22.2km/h	22.7km/h
Apr	22.0km/h	25.0km/h	20.1km/h	21.7km/h	22.1km/h
May	23.7km/h	27.3km/h	22.9km/h	23.9km/h	23.7km/h
Jun	24.5km/h	28.1km/h	24.7km/h	25.1km/h	24.5km/h
Jul	24.3km/h	28.8km/h	25.6km/h	25.3km/h	24.3km/h
Aug	22.9km/h	27.3km/h	24.8km/h	23.7km/h	22.9km/h
Sep	20.2km/h	24.2km/h	22.4km/h	21.0km/h	20.2km/h
Oct	17.7km/h	20.7km/h	18.1km/h	17.7km/h	17.7km/h
Nov	17.2km/h	19.9km/h	16.1km/h	16.9km/h	17.2km/h
Dec	18.5km/h	20.2km/h	16.8km/h	17.9km/h	18.5km/h
Average	24.3km/h	21.2km/h	21.2km/h	21.2km/h	20.7km/h

Humidity

Period	Amman	Al Mafraq	Irbid	Az Zarqa'	Ar Rusayfah
Jan	64.7%	62.1%	64.4%	63.9%	64.7%
Feb	62.3%	59.1%	64.9%	61.4%	62.3%
Mar	56.8%	53.9%	62.8%	56.1%	56.8%
Apr	44.5%	41.6%	52.6%	43.8%	44.5%
May	36.7%	34.7%	44.2%	36.1%	36.7%
Jun	38.2%	37.0%	48.1%	37.7%	38.2%
Jul	38.8%	38.3%	50.2%	38.5%	38.8%
Aug	42.7%	41.8%	54.2%	42.6%	42.7%
Sep	46.9%	43.5%	54.8%	46.3%	46.9%
Oct	49.5%	45.3%	52.7%	48.8%	49.5%
Nov	54.7%	51.4%	53.6%	53.9%	54.7%
Dec	60.2%	57.8%	58.8%	59.6%	60.2%
Average	47.2%	49.7%	49.7%	49.1%	55.1%

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Astronomy

The cities exhibit very similar sunrise and sunset times throughout the year, leading to comparable day lengths. Al Mafraq has the earliest sunrise in June, while Amman and Ar Rusayfah have the latest.
The shortest days occur in December, with Amman and Ar Rusayfah experiencing slightly shorter days compared to the other cities. Longest days occurs in June, with Irbid having the maximum day length in June.

Sunrise Time

Period	Amman	Al Mafraq	Irbid	Az Zarqa'	Ar Rusayfah
Jan	6:58	6:58	7:00	6:58	6:58
Feb	6:41	6:40	6:41	6:40	6:41
Mar	6:16	6:14	6:16	6:15	6:16
Apr	6:08	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08
May	5:40	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40
Jun	5:31	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:31
Jul	5:42	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42
Aug	6:01	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01
Sep	6:20	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:20
Oct	6:36	6:35	6:37	6:35	6:36
Nov	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:28	6:28
Dec	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:51	6:52
Average	6:12	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18

Sunrise times are output in the local timezone of each place.

Sunset Time

Period	Amman	Al Mafraq	Irbid	Az Zarqa'	Ar Rusayfah
Jan	17:18	17:16	17:17	17:17	17:18
Feb	17:45	17:43	17:44	17:44	17:45
Mar	18:15	18:14	18:16	18:14	18:15
Apr	19:06	19:05	19:07	19:05	19:06
May	19:27	19:27	19:29	19:27	19:27
Jun	19:43	19:43	19:45	19:43	19:43
Jul	19:42	19:42	19:44	19:42	19:42
Aug	19:19	19:18	19:20	19:18	19:19
Sep	18:41	18:40	18:42	18:41	18:41
Oct	17:59	17:58	17:59	17:58	17:59
Nov	17:00	16:58	16:59	16:59	17:00
Dec	16:58	16:55	16:56	16:56	16:58
Average	18:24	18:24	18:24	18:24	18:24

Sunset times are output in the local timezone of each place.

Useful Day Length

Period	Amman	Al Mafraq	Irbid	Az Zarqa'	Ar Rusayfah
Jan	10:18 hours	10:16 hours	10:17 hours	10:17 hours	10:18 hours
Feb	10:45 hours	10:43 hours	10:44 hours	10:44 hours	10:45 hours
Mar	11:15 hours	11:14 hours	11:16 hours	11:14 hours	11:15 hours
Apr	12:06 hours	12:05 hours	12:07 hours	12:05 hours	12:06 hours
May	12:27 hours	12:27 hours	12:29 hours	12:27 hours	12:27 hours
Jun	12:43 hours	12:43 hours	12:45 hours	12:43 hours	12:43 hours
Jul	12:42 hours	12:42 hours	12:44 hours	12:42 hours	12:42 hours
Aug	12:19 hours	12:18 hours	12:20 hours	12:18 hours	12:19 hours
Sep	11:41 hours	11:40 hours	11:42 hours	11:41 hours	11:41 hours
Oct	10:59 hours	10:58 hours	10:59 hours	10:58 hours	10:59 hours
Nov	10:00 hours	9:58 hours	9:59 hours	9:59 hours	10:00 hours
Dec	9:58 hours	9:55 hours	9:56 hours	9:56 hours	9:58 hours
Average	11:24 hours	11:24 hours	11:24 hours	11:24 hours	11:24 hours

Discards daylight hours before 7 AM. In places that are located to the west of the timezone, the sun rises and sets later compared to the cities that are located to the east. This means that the useful day length is longer in the cities located to the west of the time zone.