Mafraq weather in February

In February, Mafraq sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 32 mm of precipitation across 6.4 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 24 min at the start of February to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Mafraq's 11th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mafraq's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 32 mm; 6.4 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 48 min; 6:25 AM – 5:14 PM
Cloud cover: 43%; 11th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.12 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.9; out of 10

Mafraq is capital of Mafraq governate, Jordan.

Density: 4,080/km²; people per km²
Founded: ~333 BCE

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

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical February day in Mafraq reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 2°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)	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

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

How February really feels in Mafraq

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.

Mafraq 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	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	13° / 4°	35	6.8	10.1	4.0
Feb	15° / 5°	32	6.4	10.8	4.9
Mar	19° / 7°	22	4.6	11.8	7.1
Apr	24° / 11°	8	2.4	12.8	8.5
May	29° / 14°	4	0.8	13.6	7.6
Jun	32° / 17°	0	0.1	14.1	5.7
Jul	34° / 19°	0	0	13.9	4.5
Aug	34° / 19°	0	0.1	13.2	4.4
Sep	32° / 18°	1	0.5	12.2	5.7
Oct	27° / 15°	5	1.3	11.2	8.0
Nov	20° / 10°	14	3.1	10.3	7.8
Dec	15° / 6°	23	4.6	9.9	5.3

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 31%.

	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 (%)	67	67	68	68	68	68	68	69	69	69	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	69	69	69	70	70	70	70	70	71	71
Cloudier (%)	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	29	29

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	67	33
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	69	31
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	71	29
28	71	29

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Mafraq gets around 32 mm of rain and snow over 6.4 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 22% and peaks near 26% 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 (%)	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	19	18	18	17
Snow chance (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

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 12 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 24 min at the start of February to 11 h 12 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 6:12 AM, and sunset from 5:02 PM to 5:25 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)	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	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	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:12
Sunset (PM)	5:02	5:03	5:03	5:04	5:05	5:06	5:07	5:08	5:09	5:10	5:11	5:12	5:12	5:13	5:14	5:15	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:24	5:25

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.4	6:36	5:02
2	10.5	6:35	5:03
3	10.5	6:35	5:03
4	10.5	6:34	5:04
5	10.5	6:33	5:05
6	10.6	6:33	5:06
7	10.6	6:32	5:07
8	10.6	6:31	5:08
9	10.6	6:30	5:09
10	10.7	6:30	5:10
11	10.7	6:29	5:11
12	10.7	6:28	5:12
13	10.8	6:27	5:12
14	10.8	6:26	5:13
15	10.8	6:25	5:14
16	10.8	6:24	5:15
17	10.9	6:23	5:16
18	10.9	6:22	5:17
19	10.9	6:21	5:18
20	11.0	6:21	5:19
21	11.0	6:19	5:19
22	11.0	6:18	5:20
23	11.1	6:17	5:21
24	11.1	6:16	5:22
25	11.1	6:15	5:23
26	11.2	6:14	5:24
27	11.2	6:13	5:24
28	11.2	6:12	5:25

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 4.12 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3 kWh/m² to a high of 8.14 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 4.12 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)	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.6	Moderate
2	3.7	Moderate
3	3.7	Moderate
4	3.7	Moderate
5	3.8	Moderate
6	3.8	Moderate
7	3.8	Moderate
8	3.9	Moderate
9	3.9	Moderate
10	3.9	Moderate
11	4.0	Moderate
12	4.0	Bright
13	4.0	Bright
14	4.1	Bright
15	4.1	Bright
16	4.2	Bright
17	4.2	Bright
18	4.3	Bright
19	4.3	Bright
20	4.3	Bright
21	4.4	Bright
22	4.4	Bright
23	4.5	Bright
24	4.5	Bright
25	4.6	Bright
26	4.6	Bright
27	4.7	Bright
28	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Mafraq?

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

4.9

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.3

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Mafraq for sightseeing.

What to pack for Mafraq in February

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

In February, Mafraq sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Mafraq 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 Mafraq peaks around June 20 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 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	6	7	10	11	11	11	10	7	5	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	7	High
May	10	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	5	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Mafraq 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 Mafraq 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).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	46	50	51	50	43	35	31	32	38	43	47	47
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	46	Poor
Feb	50	Poor
Mar	51	Poor
Apr	50	Poor
May	43	Poor
Jun	35	Moderate
Jul	31	Moderate
Aug	32	Moderate
Sep	38	Poor
Oct	43	Poor
Nov	47	Poor
Dec	47	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Mafraq?

Mafraq sits at 32.3°N, 36.2°E, 705 m above sea level, in Jordan. The nearest listed city is Az̧ Z̧ulayl, 26 km away.

Topography around Mafraq

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mafraq has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 76 m around an average of 696 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 368 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,176 m.

The land around Mafraq is covered by bare terrain (48%) and artificial surfaces (37%) within 3 km, cropland (36%), bare terrain (30%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (33%), cropland (30%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

76 m

bare terrain 48%

16 km

368 m

cropland 36%

80 km

2,176 m

bare terrain 33%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

February weather nearby: Az̧ Z̧ulayl 26 km · Jerash 30 km · Ar Ramthā 30 km · Zarqa 32 km · Dar‘ā 32 km · Aydūn 37 km · Russeifa 39 km · Irbid 41 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 Mafraq (32.3429°, 36.208°, elevation 705 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	13	4
2	13	4
3	13	4
4	13	4
5	13	4
6	14	4
7	14	5
8	14	5
9	14	5
10	14	5
11	14	5
12	14	5
13	14	5
14	14	5
15	14	5
16	15	5
17	15	5
18	15	5
19	15	5
20	15	5
21	15	6
22	16	6
23	16	6
24	16	6
25	16	6
26	16	6
27	16	6
28	17	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	67	33
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	69	31
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	71	29
28	71	29

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	67	33
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	69	31
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	71	29
28	71	29

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	67	33
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	69	31
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	71	29
28	71	29

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

	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