Hva som skjer i Dead Sea (Sweimeh), Jordan gjennom året

Toppsesong — Winter high season, Christmas and New Year peak

• Helligdag

  Ramadan

  18. feb – 19. marStengninger

  Everything outside the resort compounds closes during daylight and the valley road is empty until sunset. The resorts themselves run as normal, and their rates are among the lowest of the year in this window. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Wadi flash-flood season (1. nov – 31. mar), Winter high season (1. nov – 31. mar), Christmas and New Year peak (20. des – 5. jan)

Toppsesong — Ramadan, Winter high season

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Ramadan (18. feb – 19. mar), Wadi flash-flood season (1. nov – 31. mar), Winter high season (1. nov – 31. mar)

Toppsesong — Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr

• Helligdag

  Eid al-Fitr

  20.–23. marRamadan og eidMye folkBestill tidlig

  Jordanian and Gulf families take the Eid break down here and the shore hotels sell out. The public beaches at Amman Beach are full from mid-morning and the road down from the capital backs up on the first day. Kilde ↗

• Fare

  Khamsin dust winds

  15. mar – 31. mai · vanligvisStøvsesong

  Hot southerlies off the desert push dust up the rift for a few days at a time in spring, dropping the visibility across the water to nothing and coating everything left outside. They usually blow through in two or three days. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Ramadan (18. feb – 19. mar), Wadi flash-flood season (1. nov – 31. mar), Winter high season (1. nov – 31. mar)

Toppsesong — reisende beskriver det som høysesong, Dead Sea Ultra Marathon

• Åpning

  Wadi Mujib water trails open

  1. apr – 31. oktStisesongBestill tidlig

  The Siq and the other wet trails in the Mujib reserve run from 1 April to 31 October and are shut the rest of the year. The reserve trims either end of the season when it rains, and closes at a few hours' notice mid-season. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Dead Sea Ultra Marathon

  10. aprSportsarrangementMye folkStengninger

  Fifty kilometres downhill from the highlands to the lowest point on land, run in April before the heat rules it out. The shore hotels fill with runners the night before and the descent road is closed to traffic for the morning. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Eid al-Adha

  25. apr – 15. jun · vanligvisRamadan og eidMye folkStengninger

  Four days of public holiday when Amman comes down to the shore for the day and the resort day passes sell out. The date moves about eleven days earlier each year. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Eid al-Fitr (20.–23. mar), Khamsin dust winds (15. mar – 31. mai (vanligvis))

Travelt — Eid al-Adha, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i mai.

Fortsatt på gang: Khamsin dust winds (15. mar – 31. mai (vanligvis)), Wadi Mujib water trails open (1. apr – 31. okt), Eid al-Adha (25. apr – 15. jun (vanligvis))

Travelt — Eid al-Adha, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Sesong

  The unusable middle of the day

  1. jun – 15. sepEkstrem varme

  Four hundred metres below sea level with nowhere for the heat to go. The resorts move everything to shaded pools, the salt shore is off limits from late morning, and the float that people come for happens at dawn or not at all.

Fortsatt på gang: Wadi Mujib water trails open (1. apr – 31. okt), Eid al-Adha (25. apr – 15. jun (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 5 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Fortsatt på gang: Wadi Mujib water trails open (1. apr – 31. okt), The unusable middle of the day (1. jun – 15. sep)

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Wadi Mujib water trails open (1. apr – 31. okt), The unusable middle of the day (1. jun – 15. sep)

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

• Natur

  Raptors over the Rift

  1. sep – 25. okt · vanligvisDyrelivssesong

  The Jordan Valley is the funnel for the eastern flyway, and on an autumn morning the thermals carry streams of honey buzzards and storks down the length of it. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Wadi Mujib water trails open (1. apr – 31. okt), The unusable middle of the day (1. jun – 15. sep)

Travelt — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de beste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Fortsatt på gang: Wadi Mujib water trails open (1. apr – 31. okt), Raptors over the Rift (1. sep – 25. okt (vanligvis))

Travelt — Winter high season

• Fare

  Wadi flash-flood season

  1. nov – 31. marStengninger

  Rain falling on the highlands drains into the canyons that come down to the shore, and the valley road and every side wadi close at short notice. This is the reason the water trails are shut for the whole winter. Kilde ↗

• Sesong

  Winter high season

  1. nov – 31. marVintersolsesongMye folkBestill tidlig

  Four hundred metres below sea level, so the winter here is what passes for spring anywhere else and the resorts run full. It is also the only stretch of the year the shore is comfortable at midday. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Winter high season, Christmas and New Year peak

• Helligdag

  Christmas and New Year peak

  20. des – 5. janJul og nyttårMye folk

  The resorts fill with European sun-seekers and Jordanian families at once, and the day-pass rates at the big hotels go to their annual high for the fortnight. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Wadi flash-flood season (1. nov – 31. mar), Winter high season (1. nov – 31. mar)