Aqaba weather by month & the best time to visit
🇯🇴 Jordan · beach resort · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Aqaba is March — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with April and November close behind. Aqaba averages about 4,011 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 5 mm of rain in March.
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- Sun hours / year
- 4,011
- Sunniest month
- March
- Peak score
- 99/100
- Rain / year
- 45 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 30°C / 86°F
- Population
- 95k
- Elevation
- 40 m
When is the best time to visit Aqaba?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Aqaba is March, then April and November. The dullest month is July (20/100, 0 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Aqaba?
Aqaba is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 4,011 hours of sunshine a year. 79 Sunshine Score points separate March (99) from July (20), so the month you pick matters. It is the sunnier of the two destinations tracked in Jordan. Rain is a non-event in Aqaba — about 45 mm in a typical year.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 98 | 21° / 70°F | 9° / 48°F | 9 mm | 4 | 23° / 73°F |
| February | 98 | 23° / 73°F | 10° / 50°F | 10 mm | 5 | 22° / 72°F |
| March | 99 | 27° / 81°F | 13° / 55°F | 5 mm | 7 | 22° / 72°F |
| April | 99 | 32° / 90°F | 16° / 61°F | 4 mm | 8 | 23° / 73°F |
| May | 60 | 36° / 97°F | 20° / 68°F | 1 mm | 9 | 25° / 77°F |
| June | 30 | 39° / 102°F | 22° / 72°F | 0 mm | 10 | 27° / 81°F |
| July | 20 | 40° / 104°F | 24° / 75°F | 0 mm | 10 | 30° / 86°F |
| August | 20 | 40° / 104°F | 24° / 75°F | 0 mm | 10 | 30° / 86°F |
| September | 40 | 38° / 100°F | 22° / 72°F | 2 mm | 8 | 28° / 82°F |
| October | 80 | 34° / 93°F | 20° / 68°F | 3 mm | 6 | 26° / 79°F |
| November | 99 | 27° / 81°F | 15° / 59°F | 6 mm | 4 | 24° / 75°F |
| December | 99 | 22° / 72°F | 11° / 52°F | 5 mm | 3 | 23° / 73°F |
Sea temperature in Aqaba by month
The sea off Aqaba is warmest in July at around 30°C / 86°F, and coolest in February at 22°C / 72°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly all year round. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Sharm El Sheikh Egypt · 192 km · best in Jan · 3,742 h sun/yr
- Tabuk Saudi Arabia · 208 km · best in Feb · 4,052 h sun/yr
- Amman Jordan · 253 km · best in May · 3,559 h sun/yr
- Tel Aviv Israel · 267 km · best in May · 3,298 h sun/yr
- Hurghada Egypt · 296 km · best in Jan · 3,879 h sun/yr
- Cairo Egypt · 354 km · best in Feb · 3,501 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Eilat Israel · 13 km · 4,012 h sun/yr · best in Mar
- Taba Egypt · 24 km · 3,933 h sun/yr · best in May
- Sharma Saudi Arabia · 190 km · 3,907 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- El Arish Egypt · 197 km · 3,201 h sun/yr · best in May
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