Kerak weather in February

In February, Kerak sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 24 mm of precipitation across 5.1 wet days and about 10.9 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 30 min at the start of February to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Kerak's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kerak's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 24 mm; 5.1 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 54 min; 6:26 AM – 5:18 PM
Cloud cover: 38%; 11th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 4.31 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.0; out of 10

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical February day in Kerak reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 1°C warmer than January and about 4°C cooler than March.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Avg high (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	7
2	15	7
3	15	7
4	15	8
5	15	8
6	15	8
7	15	8
8	16	8
9	16	8
10	16	8
11	16	8
12	16	8
13	16	8
14	16	8
15	16	8
16	16	8
17	16	8
18	17	9
19	17	9
20	17	9
21	17	9
22	17	9
23	17	9
24	17	9
25	18	9
26	18	9
27	18	9
28	18	10

How February really feels in Kerak

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

February sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Kerak weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	15° / 7°	28	5.2	0.5	10.2	5.3
Feb	16° / 8°	24	5.1	0.3	10.9	6.0
Mar	20° / 11°	17	3.6	0	11.8	7.7
Apr	25° / 14°	5	1.3	0	12.7	8.8
May	29° / 18°	2	0.4	0	13.6	7.5
Jun	32° / 21°	0	0	0	14	5.9
Jul	33° / 22°	0	0	0	13.8	4.9
Aug	33° / 23°	0	0	0	13.1	4.9
Sep	31° / 21°	0	0	0	12.2	6.2
Oct	28° / 18°	3	0.7	0	11.2	8.1
Nov	22° / 13°	8	1.9	0	10.4	8.4
Dec	17° / 9°	13	3	0.1	10	6.7

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 28%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Clearer (%)	72	72	72	71	71	71	71	71	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	71	71	71	71	72	72	72	73	74	73	74	75	75
Cloudier (%)	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	26	27	26	25	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	73	27
24	74	26
25	73	27
26	74	26
27	75	25
28	75	25

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Kerak gets around 24 mm of rain and snow over 5.1 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 18% and peaks near 21% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Rain chance (%)	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	13

	Rain chance (%)
1	21
2	21
3	21
4	21
5	20
6	20
7	20
8	19
9	19
10	19
11	19
12	19
13	18
14	18
15	18
16	17
17	17
18	17
19	17
20	17
21	17
22	16
23	16
24	16
25	15
26	14
27	14
28	13

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

Wind in February

Winds average 9 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Wind speed (km/h)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	8	calm
16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	8	calm
23	8	calm
24	8	calm
25	8	calm
26	8	calm
27	8	calm
28	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 30 min at the start of February to 11 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:36 AM to 6:13 AM, and sunset from 5:06 PM to 5:28 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Daylight (h)	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:13
Sunset (PM)	5:06	5:07	5:08	5:08	5:09	5:10	5:11	5:12	5:13	5:14	5:14	5:15	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:24	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:28

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.5	6:36	5:06
2	10.5	6:35	5:07
3	10.6	6:34	5:08
4	10.6	6:34	5:08
5	10.6	6:33	5:09
6	10.6	6:33	5:10
7	10.7	6:32	5:11
8	10.7	6:31	5:12
9	10.7	6:31	5:13
10	10.7	6:30	5:14
11	10.8	6:29	5:14
12	10.8	6:28	5:15
13	10.8	6:27	5:16
14	10.8	6:27	5:17
15	10.9	6:26	5:18
16	10.9	6:25	5:19
17	10.9	6:24	5:20
18	11.0	6:23	5:20
19	11.0	6:22	5:21
20	11.0	6:21	5:22
21	11.0	6:20	5:23
22	11.1	6:19	5:24
23	11.1	6:18	5:24
24	11.1	6:17	5:25
25	11.2	6:16	5:26
26	11.2	6:15	5:27
27	11.2	6:14	5:28
28	11.3	6:13	5:28

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 4.31 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.18 kWh/m² to a high of 8.19 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 4.31 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.8	Moderate
2	3.8	Moderate
3	3.9	Moderate
4	3.9	Moderate
5	3.9	Moderate
6	4.0	Moderate
7	4.0	Bright
8	4.0	Bright
9	4.1	Bright
10	4.1	Bright
11	4.2	Bright
12	4.2	Bright
13	4.2	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.3	Bright
16	4.4	Bright
17	4.4	Bright
18	4.5	Bright
19	4.5	Bright
20	4.5	Bright
21	4.6	Bright
22	4.6	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.7	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.9	Bright
28	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Kerak?

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

6.0

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

1.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Kerak for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kerak in February

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

In February, Kerak sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Kerak in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kerak peaks around June 18 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 3 (moderate).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	4	7	7	10	11	10	11	9	7	5	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	7	High
Apr	7	Very high
May	10	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	5	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Kerak in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Kerak is worst in April — around 39 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.6× the cleanest month (July, 24 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	36	37	37	39	35	27	24	26	29	32	36	36
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	36	Poor
Feb	37	Poor
Mar	37	Poor
Apr	39	Poor
May	35	Poor
Jun	27	Moderate
Jul	24	Moderate
Aug	26	Moderate
Sep	29	Moderate
Oct	32	Moderate
Nov	36	Poor
Dec	36	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Kerak?

Kerak sits at 31.2°N, 35.7°E, 1,000 m above sea level, in Jordan. The nearest listed city is ‘Izrā, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Kerak

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kerak has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 565 m around an average of 952 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,676 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,058 m.

The land around Kerak is covered by grassland (65%) within 3 km, bare terrain (46%), grassland (28%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (76%) within 80 km.

3 km

565 m

grassland 65%

16 km

1,676 m

bare terrain 46%

80 km

2,058 m

bare terrain 76%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← January Kerak year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: ‘Izrā 3.0 km · Karak City 6.0 km · Safi 28 km · Aţ Ţafīlah 39 km · Madaba 60 km · Banī Na‘īm 63 km · Yaţţā 65 km · As Samū‘ 65 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

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 Kerak (31.1825°, 35.7°, elevation 1,000 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	7
2	15	7
3	15	7
4	15	8
5	15	8
6	15	8
7	15	8
8	16	8
9	16	8
10	16	8
11	16	8
12	16	8
13	16	8
14	16	8
15	16	8
16	16	8
17	16	8
18	17	9
19	17	9
20	17	9
21	17	9
22	17	9
23	17	9
24	17	9
25	18	9
26	18	9
27	18	9
28	18	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	73	27
24	74	26
25	73	27
26	74	26
27	75	25
28	75	25

	Rain chance (%)
1	21
2	21
3	21
4	21
5	20
6	20
7	20
8	19
9	19
10	19
11	19
12	19
13	18
14	18
15	18
16	17
17	17
18	17
19	17
20	17
21	17
22	16
23	16
24	16
25	15
26	14
27	14
28	13

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	7
2	15	7
3	15	7
4	15	8
5	15	8
6	15	8
7	15	8
8	16	8
9	16	8
10	16	8
11	16	8
12	16	8
13	16	8
14	16	8
15	16	8
16	16	8
17	16	8
18	17	9
19	17	9
20	17	9
21	17	9
22	17	9
23	17	9
24	17	9
25	18	9
26	18	9
27	18	9
28	18	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	73	27
24	74	26
25	73	27
26	74	26
27	75	25
28	75	25

	Rain chance (%)
1	21
2	21
3	21
4	21
5	20
6	20
7	20
8	19
9	19
10	19
11	19
12	19
13	18
14	18
15	18
16	17
17	17
18	17
19	17
20	17
21	17
22	16
23	16
24	16
25	15
26	14
27	14
28	13

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	7
2	15	7
3	15	7
4	15	8
5	15	8
6	15	8
7	15	8
8	16	8
9	16	8
10	16	8
11	16	8
12	16	8
13	16	8
14	16	8
15	16	8
16	16	8
17	16	8
18	17	9
19	17	9
20	17	9
21	17	9
22	17	9
23	17	9
24	17	9
25	18	9
26	18	9
27	18	9
28	18	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	73	27
24	74	26
25	73	27
26	74	26
27	75	25
28	75	25

	Rain chance (%)
1	21
2	21
3	21
4	21
5	20
6	20
7	20
8	19
9	19
10	19
11	19
12	19
13	18
14	18
15	18
16	17
17	17
18	17
19	17
20	17
21	17
22	16
23	16
24	16
25	15
26	14
27	14
28	13

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100