Petra weather in November

In November, Petra sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 7 mm of rain across 1.7 wet days and about 10.5 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% of the time in November, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 48 min at the start of November to 10 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, November is Petra's 9th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Petra's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 7 mm; 1.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 24 min; 6:10 AM – 4:37 PM
Cloud cover: 26%; 9th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 4.1 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.1; out of 10

Petra is human settlement in Jordan.

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

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Temperature in November

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical November day in Petra reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, November runs about 6°C cooler than October and about 5°C warmer than December.

	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	29	30
Avg high (°C)	23	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17
Avg low (°C)	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	13
2	22	12
3	22	12
4	22	12
5	22	12
6	22	12
7	21	11
8	21	11
9	21	11
10	21	11
11	21	11
12	21	11
13	20	10
14	20	10
15	20	10
16	20	10
17	20	10
18	20	10
19	19	9
20	19	9
21	19	9
22	19	9
23	19	9
24	18	9
25	18	8
26	18	8
27	18	8
28	18	8
29	18	8
30	17	8

How November really feels in Petra

Once humidity and wind are folded in, November 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

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

Petra weather by month

How November compares with the rest of the year at a glance. November is the 8th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	13° / 4°	20	3.9	0.6	10.3	4.6
Feb	15° / 5°	17	3.6	0.3	10.9	5.5
Mar	19° / 8°	13	2.9	0.3	11.8	7.6
Apr	23° / 12°	4	1.1	0	12.7	8.9
May	28° / 15°	3	0.9	0	13.5	8.3
Jun	30° / 18°	0	0.1	0	13.9	6.8
Jul	32° / 20°	0	0	0	13.8	5.8
Aug	32° / 20°	0	0.2	0	13.1	5.7
Sep	30° / 19°	1	0.3	0	12.2	6.9
Oct	26° / 15°	5	1.4	0	11.3	8.8
Nov	20° / 10°	7	1.7	0	10.5	8.1
Dec	15° / 6°	8	2.1	0.3	10.1	6.0

Cloud cover in November

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% of the time in November.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of November, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 15%. Skies tend to cloud over 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	29	30
Clearer (%)	90	90	90	89	89	89	88	88	87	86	86	86	86	84	84	84	84	83	83	83	82	81	81	81	81	81	80	80	80	80
Cloudier (%)	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	90	10
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	87	13
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	86	14
14	84	16
15	84	16
16	84	16
17	84	16
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	83	17
21	82	18
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20

Chance of precipitation in November

Any precipitation

Petra gets around 7 mm of rain over 1.7 wet days in November. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 6% and peaks near 6% on the wettest days.

	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	29	30
Rain chance (%)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

	Rain chance (%)
1	5
2	5
3	5
4	5
5	5
6	5
7	5
8	5
9	5
10	5
11	5
12	5
13	5
14	5
15	5
16	6
17	6
18	6
19	6
20	6
21	6
22	6
23	6
24	6
25	6
26	6
27	6
28	6
29	6
30	6

Humidity in November

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, November 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	29	30
Dry (%)	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0

Wind in November

Winds average 8 km/h in November.

Across November, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	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	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	8	calm
2	8	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	8	calm
6	8	calm
7	8	calm
8	8	calm
9	8	calm
10	8	calm
11	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	8	calm
14	8	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
29	8	calm
30	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in November

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 48 min at the start of November to 10 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 36 minutes over November. Sunrise moves from 5:58 AM to 6:22 AM, and sunset from 4:46 PM to 4:33 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	29	30
Daylight (h)	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2
Sunrise (AM)	5:58	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22
Sunset (PM)	4:46	4:45	4:44	4:43	4:43	4:42	4:41	4:41	4:40	4:40	4:39	4:39	4:38	4:38	4:37	4:37	4:36	4:36	4:36	4:35	4:35	4:35	4:34	4:34	4:34	4:34	4:34	4:34	4:33	4:33

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.8	5:58	4:46
2	10.8	5:58	4:45
3	10.7	5:59	4:44
4	10.7	6:00	4:43
5	10.7	6:01	4:43
6	10.7	6:02	4:42
7	10.6	6:03	4:41
8	10.6	6:03	4:41
9	10.6	6:04	4:40
10	10.6	6:05	4:40
11	10.6	6:06	4:39
12	10.5	6:07	4:39
13	10.5	6:08	4:38
14	10.5	6:08	4:38
15	10.5	6:09	4:37
16	10.4	6:10	4:37
17	10.4	6:11	4:36
18	10.4	6:12	4:36
19	10.4	6:13	4:36
20	10.4	6:13	4:35
21	10.3	6:14	4:35
22	10.3	6:15	4:35
23	10.3	6:16	4:34
24	10.3	6:17	4:34
25	10.3	6:18	4:34
26	10.3	6:18	4:34
27	10.2	6:19	4:34
28	10.2	6:20	4:34
29	10.2	6:21	4:33
30	10.2	6:22	4:33

Solar energy in November

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in November, about 4.1 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.51 kWh/m² to a high of 8.22 kWh/m² in June across the year — November's 4.1 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.6	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.5	Bright
5	4.5	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.3	Bright
11	4.3	Bright
12	4.2	Bright
13	4.2	Bright
14	4.2	Bright
15	4.1	Bright
16	4.1	Bright
17	4.0	Bright
18	4.0	Bright
19	4.0	Moderate
20	4.0	Moderate
21	3.9	Moderate
22	3.9	Moderate
23	3.9	Moderate
24	3.9	Moderate
25	3.8	Moderate
26	3.8	Moderate
27	3.8	Moderate
28	3.8	Moderate
29	3.7	Moderate
30	3.7	Moderate

Planning a trip in November

Hazard calendar for Petra

In seasonPeak

None of Petra's seasonal hazards are active in November. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Petra sees seasonal dust haze (May), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is November a good time to visit Petra?

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

8.1

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

4.2

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

November is one of the better times to visit Petra for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Petra in November

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

In November, Petra sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 10°C. Little to plan around — just the basics.

UV index in Petra in November

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in November peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Petra peaks around June 21 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 4 (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)	4	4	8	8	11	12	12	12	11	8	6	4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	8	Very high
May	11	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	6	High
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Petra in November

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Petra is worst in May — around 37 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	30	31	31	36	37	29	26	27	29	28	29	30
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	30	Moderate
Feb	31	Moderate
Mar	31	Moderate
Apr	36	Poor
May	37	Poor
Jun	29	Moderate
Jul	26	Moderate
Aug	27	Moderate
Sep	29	Moderate
Oct	28	Moderate
Nov	29	Moderate
Dec	30	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Petra?

Petra sits at 30.3°N, 35.5°E, 0 m above sea level, in Jordan. The nearest listed city is Ma'an, 28 km away.

Topography around Petra

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Petra has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 670 m around an average of 1,261 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,506 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,122 m.

The land around Petra is covered by bare terrain (70%) within 3 km, bare terrain (83%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (96%) within 80 km.

3 km

670 m

bare terrain 70%

16 km

1,506 m

bare terrain 83%

80 km

2,122 m

bare terrain 96%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← October Petra year-round climate December →Best places to visit in November

November weather nearby: Ma'an 28 km · Aţ Ţafīlah 59 km · Safi 80 km · Wadi Rum 82 km · ‘Izrā 95 km · Karak City 98 km · Kerak 98 km · Aqaba 99 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 Petra (30.321°, 35.4789°, elevation 0 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	23	13
2	22	12
3	22	12
4	22	12
5	22	12
6	22	12
7	21	11
8	21	11
9	21	11
10	21	11
11	21	11
12	21	11
13	20	10
14	20	10
15	20	10
16	20	10
17	20	10
18	20	10
19	19	9
20	19	9
21	19	9
22	19	9
23	19	9
24	18	9
25	18	8
26	18	8
27	18	8
28	18	8
29	18	8
30	17	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	90	10
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	87	13
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	86	14
14	84	16
15	84	16
16	84	16
17	84	16
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	83	17
21	82	18
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20

	Rain chance (%)
1	5
2	5
3	5
4	5
5	5
6	5
7	5
8	5
9	5
10	5
11	5
12	5
13	5
14	5
15	5
16	6
17	6
18	6
19	6
20	6
21	6
22	6
23	6
24	6
25	6
26	6
27	6
28	6
29	6
30	6

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	13
2	22	12
3	22	12
4	22	12
5	22	12
6	22	12
7	21	11
8	21	11
9	21	11
10	21	11
11	21	11
12	21	11
13	20	10
14	20	10
15	20	10
16	20	10
17	20	10
18	20	10
19	19	9
20	19	9
21	19	9
22	19	9
23	19	9
24	18	9
25	18	8
26	18	8
27	18	8
28	18	8
29	18	8
30	17	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	90	10
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	87	13
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	86	14
14	84	16
15	84	16
16	84	16
17	84	16
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	83	17
21	82	18
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20

	Rain chance (%)
1	5
2	5
3	5
4	5
5	5
6	5
7	5
8	5
9	5
10	5
11	5
12	5
13	5
14	5
15	5
16	6
17	6
18	6
19	6
20	6
21	6
22	6
23	6
24	6
25	6
26	6
27	6
28	6
29	6
30	6

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	13
2	22	12
3	22	12
4	22	12
5	22	12
6	22	12
7	21	11
8	21	11
9	21	11
10	21	11
11	21	11
12	21	11
13	20	10
14	20	10
15	20	10
16	20	10
17	20	10
18	20	10
19	19	9
20	19	9
21	19	9
22	19	9
23	19	9
24	18	9
25	18	8
26	18	8
27	18	8
28	18	8
29	18	8
30	17	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	90	10
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	87	13
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	86	14
14	84	16
15	84	16
16	84	16
17	84	16
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	83	17
21	82	18
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	80	20

	Rain chance (%)
1	5
2	5
3	5
4	5
5	5
6	5
7	5
8	5
9	5
10	5
11	5
12	5
13	5
14	5
15	5
16	6
17	6
18	6
19	6
20	6
21	6
22	6
23	6
24	6
25	6
26	6
27	6
28	6
29	6
30	6

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0