Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Petra (Wadi Musa), Jordanië

Rustig — schoolvakanties in 6 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

• Opening

  Petra by Night

  1 jan – 31 decBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

• Regel

  Jordan Pass and the visa waiver

  1 jan – 31 dec

  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. Bron ↗

• Risico

  Snow and winter closures

  5 jan – 28 feb · meestalExtreme kouSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Ramadan in Wadi Musa

  18 feb – 19 mrtRamadan & SuikerfeestSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Winter opening hours (2 okt – 1 mrt), Flash-flood closures (1 nov – 31 mrt)

Druk — Ramadan in Wadi Musa, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Petra by Night (1 jan – 31 dec), Jordan Pass and the visa waiver (1 jan – 31 dec), Snow and winter closures (5 jan – 28 feb (meestal)), Ramadan in Wadi Musa (18 feb – 19 mrt), Winter opening hours (2 okt – 1 mrt), Flash-flood closures (1 nov – 31 mrt)

Druk — Ramadan in Wadi Musa, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Opening

  Spring trail season

  1 mrt – 15 meiBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

• Risico

  Khamsin dust days

  15 mrt – 31 mei · meestalStofseizoen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Petra by Night (1 jan – 31 dec), Jordan Pass and the visa waiver (1 jan – 31 dec), Ramadan in Wadi Musa (18 feb – 19 mrt), Winter opening hours (2 okt – 1 mrt), Flash-flood closures (1 nov – 31 mrt)

Druk — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de beste maanden qua weer

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Petra by Night (1 jan – 31 dec), Jordan Pass and the visa waiver (1 jan – 31 dec), Spring trail season (1 mrt – 15 mei), Khamsin dust days (15 mrt – 31 mei (meestal))

Druk — Eid al-Adha, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Feestdag

  Eid al-Adha

  1 mei – 5 jun · meestalRamadan & SuikerfeestSluitingenDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Petra by Night (1 jan – 31 dec), Jordan Pass and the visa waiver (1 jan – 31 dec), Spring trail season (1 mrt – 15 mei), Khamsin dust days (15 mrt – 31 mei (meestal))

Druk — Eid al-Adha, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  Bare rock in high summer

  1 jun – 10 sepExtreme hitte

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Petra by Night (1 jan – 31 dec), Jordan Pass and the visa waiver (1 jan – 31 dec), Eid al-Adha (1 mei – 5 jun (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 5 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In juli begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Petra by Night (1 jan – 31 dec), Jordan Pass and the visa waiver (1 jan – 31 dec), Bare rock in high summer (1 jun – 10 sep)

Druk — Petra Desert Marathon, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Petra Desert Marathon

  28 aug – 12 sep · meestalSportevenementDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Petra by Night (1 jan – 31 dec), Jordan Pass and the visa waiver (1 jan – 31 dec), Bare rock in high summer (1 jun – 10 sep)

Druk — Petra Desert Marathon, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Opening

  Autumn trail season

  15 sep – 15 novBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Petra by Night (1 jan – 31 dec), Jordan Pass and the visa waiver (1 jan – 31 dec), Bare rock in high summer (1 jun – 10 sep), Petra Desert Marathon (28 aug – 12 sep (meestal))

Druk — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de beste maanden qua weer

• Regel

  Winter opening hours

  2 okt – 1 mrtSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Petra by Night (1 jan – 31 dec), Jordan Pass and the visa waiver (1 jan – 31 dec), Autumn trail season (15 sep – 15 nov)

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

• Risico

  Flash-flood closures

  1 nov – 31 mrtOverstromingsseizoenSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Petra by Night (1 jan – 31 dec), Jordan Pass and the visa waiver (1 jan – 31 dec), Autumn trail season (15 sep – 15 nov), Winter opening hours (2 okt – 1 mrt)

Rustig — schoolvakanties in 5 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Petra by Night (1 jan – 31 dec), Jordan Pass and the visa waiver (1 jan – 31 dec), Winter opening hours (2 okt – 1 mrt), Flash-flood closures (1 nov – 31 mrt)