Each cell is that destination's own verdict for the month — sweet spot, ok or avoid — with its typical daily high, from the same ten years of climate readings its page is built from. A dot marks a busy month. The last row counts the sweet spots, and the best months are marked.

Before you go

Cost of living	cheap — prices run about 42% of the United States' (World Bank, 2025)
Currency	Jordanian dinar
Languages	Arabic
Plugs	Type B and C and F and G, 230 V
Driving	On the right
Calling code	+962
Travel advice	avoid all travel to parts — UK Foreign Office, updated 2026-09-10
Health	UK Foreign Office health advice

Facts from Wikidata (CC0), the UK Foreign Office (Open Government Licence) and the World Bank, refreshed 2026-10-07. The advisory is written for British travellers; entry rules depend on your passport.

On arrival

Apps — Rides: Careem, Jeeny, Petra Ride, Uber. Maps: Google Maps. Messages: WhatsApp. Uber serves only Amman; for a taxi elsewhere, ask your hotel to call a licensed one (it has a government sticker on the windscreen) and agree the fare first, as meters are not always used.
Paying — Hotels, restaurants and larger shops take Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Diners Club cards, but smaller shops and the souks want cash in dinars; ATMs are common in Amman and the bigger towns but scarce elsewhere. Prices are often written in fils: 4,750 is 4 dinars 750 fils.
UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
Getting around Petra — JETT buses leave Amman for Petra at 6:30am every day from the Abdali terminal, also picking up at 7th Circle, and take about four hours; the bus back leaves the Petra visitor centre at 5pm. A seat costs 10 JOD: book on jett.com.jo or in the JETT app, and be there half an hour before departure.
Tipping — About 10% for waiters, unless a service charge is already on the bill; taxi drivers do not expect a tip, but round the fare up.
Emergency — 911 (any emergency).
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.

Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 7 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.

Sources (21)

Every verdict here is the destination's own: ten years of climate readings, the public holidays that crowd it, and what the flight costs. Nothing is said about Jordan as a whole that was not first measured at each place in it.