Qué hay en Petra (Wadi Musa), Jordania, a lo largo del año

Tranquilo — vacaciones escolares en 6 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus peores meses por clima

• Apertura

  Petra by Night

  1 Ene – 31 DicReserva pronto

  The Siq and the Treasury are lit by candle bags five evenings a week, Sunday to Thursday, ticketed separately from the day pass and not included in it. It runs to a fixed weekly schedule and is cancelled in bad weather. Fuente ↗

• Norma

  Jordan Pass and the visa waiver

  1 Ene – 31 Dic

  Buying the pass before you land waives the tourist visa fee and covers multi-day entry to the site, provided you stay in the country at least two whole nights. Bought after arrival it does none of that. Fuente ↗

• Riesgo

  Snow and winter closures

  5 Ene – 28 Feb · normalmenteFrío extremoCierres

  Wadi Musa sits high enough to take snow in some winters, most recently in February 2024, which can shut the site for a day or two while the Siq and the Monastery steps are icy. Hotels here are built for heat, so a cold snap is felt indoors as well. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Ramadan in Wadi Musa

  18 Feb – 19 MarRamadán y EidCierres

  The site stays open but the town above it does not: kitchens shut through the day, opening hours shorten, and the guides and horse handlers work a fasting shift. Everything returns at sunset. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Winter opening hours (2 Oct – 1 Mar), Flash-flood closures (1 Nov – 31 Mar)

Concurrido — Ramadan in Wadi Musa, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Petra by Night (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Jordan Pass and the visa waiver (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Snow and winter closures (5 Ene – 28 Feb (normalmente)), Ramadan in Wadi Musa (18 Feb – 19 Mar), Winter opening hours (2 Oct – 1 Mar), Flash-flood closures (1 Nov – 31 Mar)

Concurrido — Ramadan in Wadi Musa, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Apertura

  Spring trail season

  1 Mar – 15 MayReserva pronto

  The Dana-to-Petra leg of the Jordan Trail and the back routes into the site work best between March and mid-May, when the wadis are dry and the days are long enough for a thirty-kilometre stage. Village homestays fill fast. Fuente ↗

• Riesgo

  Khamsin dust days

  15 Mar – 31 May · normalmenteTemporada de polvo

  Hot southerly winds pull desert dust over the escarpment for a few days at a stretch in spring, turning the rock flat brown and the light useless for photographs. They pass through in two or three days. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Petra by Night (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Jordan Pass and the visa waiver (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Ramadan in Wadi Musa (18 Feb – 19 Mar), Winter opening hours (2 Oct – 1 Mar), Flash-flood closures (1 Nov – 31 Mar)

Concurrido — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus mejores meses por clima

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Petra by Night (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Jordan Pass and the visa waiver (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Spring trail season (1 Mar – 15 May), Khamsin dust days (15 Mar – 31 May (normalmente))

Concurrido — Eid al-Adha, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festivo

  Eid al-Adha

  1 May – 5 Jun · normalmenteRamadán y EidCierresMucha gente

  Eid al-Adha brings a public holiday of four days or more. Offices and many shops close for the first days, and Jordanian families and visitors from neighbouring countries take trips, so hotels and camps at the main sights fill and rates rise. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Petra by Night (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Jordan Pass and the visa waiver (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Spring trail season (1 Mar – 15 May), Khamsin dust days (15 Mar – 31 May (normalmente))

Concurrido — Eid al-Adha, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Temporada

  Bare rock in high summer

  1 Jun – 10 SepCalor extremo

  There is almost no shade past the Siq, and the climbs to the Monastery and the High Place of Sacrifice are unmanageable after about ten in the morning. Everyone who is here is at the gate for the six o'clock opening.

Sigue en marcha: Petra by Night (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Jordan Pass and the visa waiver (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Eid al-Adha (1 May – 5 Jun (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 5 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Petra by Night (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Jordan Pass and the visa waiver (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Bare rock in high summer (1 Jun – 10 Sep)

Concurrido — Petra Desert Marathon, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Petra Desert Marathon

  28 Ago – 12 Sep · normalmenteEvento deportivoMucha genteReserva pronto

  A road and desert course starting from the site on the first Saturday of September. Wadi Musa's small hotel stock is taken over for the weekend, so it is either the reason to come or the weekend to avoid. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Petra by Night (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Jordan Pass and the visa waiver (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Bare rock in high summer (1 Jun – 10 Sep)

Concurrido — Petra Desert Marathon, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Apertura

  Autumn trail season

  15 Sep – 15 NovReserva pronto

  The second walking window, once the heat breaks and before the winter rain: the same trail sections reopen in practice and the Wadi Mujib water route is still running into October. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Petra by Night (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Jordan Pass and the visa waiver (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Bare rock in high summer (1 Jun – 10 Sep), Petra Desert Marathon (28 Ago – 12 Sep (normalmente))

Concurrido — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus mejores meses por clima

• Norma

  Winter opening hours

  2 Oct – 1 MarCierres

  From early October the site closes in the late afternoon rather than at six, which takes the Monastery off the table for anyone arriving after lunch. Check the published hours for the day you go; they shift with the season change. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Petra by Night (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Jordan Pass and the visa waiver (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Autumn trail season (15 Sep – 15 Nov)

Temporada media — un mes normal

• Riesgo

  Flash-flood closures

  1 Nov – 31 MarTemporada de inundacionesCierres

  The Siq is a drain for a wide catchment, and after heavy rain on the plateau the authority evacuates the site with little warning. It happens most winters and has cost lives; the dams above the entrance are there for a reason. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Petra by Night (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Jordan Pass and the visa waiver (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Autumn trail season (15 Sep – 15 Nov), Winter opening hours (2 Oct – 1 Mar)

Tranquilo — vacaciones escolares en 5 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus peores meses por clima

En diciembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Petra by Night (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Jordan Pass and the visa waiver (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Winter opening hours (2 Oct – 1 Mar), Flash-flood closures (1 Nov – 31 Mar)