Jerash weather in August

In August, Jerash sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 100% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Jerash's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Jerash's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
1st warmest
Overnight low
20°
12th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
5:05 AM – 6:16 PM
Cloud cover
2%
2nd clearest
Wind
11 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
7.31 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.7
out of 10

Jerash is city in Jordan.

Density
66/km²
people per km²
Founded
1910

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month.

A typical August day in Jerash reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Jerash

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Jerash weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan13° / 457.710.14.1
Feb15° / 447.310.84.8
Mar18° / 316.111.86.8
Apr23° / 11°133.212.88.4
May28° / 15°51.313.67.7
Jun32° / 18°00.114.15.9
Jul33° / 20°0013.94.8
Aug33° / 20°0013.24.7
Sep32° / 18°10.512.25.9
Oct28° / 15°61.711.27.9
Nov21° / 10°17410.37.8
Dec15° / 285.29.95.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 100% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 0% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 0%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Jerash gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the humid band about 52% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 6% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1939475
2838495
3837505
4736525
5735535
6635545
7634546
8533566
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10533566
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20436546
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22438526
23439516
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25540506
26540496
27640486
28641476
29741466
30842455
31942445

Wind in August

Winds average 11 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 54 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:54 AM to 5:15 AM, and sunset from 6:30 PM to 5:58 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.64:546:30
213.64:556:30
313.64:566:29
413.54:566:28
513.54:576:27
613.54:586:26
713.44:596:25
813.44:596:24
913.45:006:24
1013.45:016:23
1113.35:016:22
1213.35:026:21
1313.35:036:20
1413.35:036:19
1513.25:046:17
1613.25:056:16
1713.25:056:15
1813.15:066:14
1913.15:076:13
2013.15:076:12
2113.05:086:11
2213.05:096:10
2313.05:096:08
2413.05:106:07
2512.95:116:06
2612.95:116:05
2712.95:126:03
2812.85:136:02
2912.85:136:01
3012.85:146:00
3112.75:155:58

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.31 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.92 kWh/m² to a high of 8.04 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.31 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.6Intense
27.6Intense
37.6Intense
47.6Intense
57.5Intense
67.5Intense
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277.0Intense
287.0Intense
296.9Intense
306.9Intense
316.8Intense
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Jerash?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.7
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
8.5
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Jerash for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Jerash in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Jerash sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Jerash in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Jerash peaks around June 19 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 19UV 11Jan 11UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7High
May10Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Jerash in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Jerash is worst in March — around 51 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.7× the cleanest month (July, 31 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorMar 2250 µg/m³Jul 2031 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan46Poor
Feb50Poor
Mar51Poor
Apr50Poor
May43Poor
Jun35Moderate
Jul31Moderate
Aug32Moderate
Sep38Poor
Oct43Poor
Nov47Poor
Dec47Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Jerash?

Jerash sits at 32.3°N, 35.9°E, 620 m above sea level, in Jordan. The nearest listed city is ‘Anjarah, 14 km away.

KurayyimahZarqaṢuwayliḥMafraq

Topography around Jerash

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Jerash.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Jerash has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 421 m around an average of 648 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,216 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,874 m.

The land around Jerash is covered by grassland (54%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, grassland (64%) within 16 km, and grassland (29%), cropland (28%) and bare terrain (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
421 m
16 km
1,216 m
80 km
1,874 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: ‘Anjarah 14 km · Ajlun 15 km · Judita 23 km · Aydūn 25 km · Kurayyimah 28 km · Zarqa 29 km · Ṣuwayliḥ 29 km · Mafraq 30 km

Jordan travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type B / C / D / F / G / J
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 42% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$5,348
2025
Happiness
4.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
89%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
17
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 426
Religion
Muslim 97%Christian 2%Buddhist 0%Hindu 0%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Jerash (32.2808°, 35.8993°, elevation 620 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).