På gång i Dead Sea (Sweimeh), Jordan under året

Mest folk — Winter high season, Christmas and New Year peak

• Helg

  Ramadan

  18 feb – 19 marStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Wadi flash-flood season (1 nov – 31 mar), Winter high season (1 nov – 31 mar), Christmas and New Year peak (20 dec – 5 jan)

Mest folk — Ramadan, Winter high season

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Ramadan (18 feb – 19 mar), Wadi flash-flood season (1 nov – 31 mar), Winter high season (1 nov – 31 mar)

Mest folk — Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr

• Helg

  Eid al-Fitr

  20–23 marRamadan & eidTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

• Risk

  Khamsin dust winds

  15 mar – 31 maj · vanligtvisDammsäsong

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Ramadan (18 feb – 19 mar), Wadi flash-flood season (1 nov – 31 mar), Winter high season (1 nov – 31 mar)

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong, Dead Sea Ultra Marathon

• Öppning

  Wadi Mujib water trails open

  1 apr – 31 oktLedsäsongBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Dead Sea Ultra Marathon

  10 aprSportevenemangTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Eid al-Adha

  25 apr – 15 jun · vanligtvisRamadan & eidTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Eid al-Fitr (20–23 mar), Khamsin dust winds (15 mar – 31 maj (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Eid al-Adha, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Khamsin dust winds (15 mar – 31 maj (vanligtvis)), Wadi Mujib water trails open (1 apr – 31 okt), Eid al-Adha (25 apr – 15 jun (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Eid al-Adha, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  The unusable middle of the day

  1 jun – 15 sepExtrem värme

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Wadi Mujib water trails open (1 apr – 31 okt), Eid al-Adha (25 apr – 15 jun (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Wadi Mujib water trails open (1 apr – 31 okt), The unusable middle of the day (1 jun – 15 sep)

Mellansäsong — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Wadi Mujib water trails open (1 apr – 31 okt), The unusable middle of the day (1 jun – 15 sep)

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Natur

  Raptors over the Rift

  1 sep – 25 okt · vanligtvisDjurlivssäsong

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Wadi Mujib water trails open (1 apr – 31 okt), The unusable middle of the day (1 jun – 15 sep)

Mycket folk — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Wadi Mujib water trails open (1 apr – 31 okt), Raptors over the Rift (1 sep – 25 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Winter high season

• Risk

  Wadi flash-flood season

  1 nov – 31 marStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

• Säsong

  Winter high season

  1 nov – 31 marVintersolsäsongTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Winter high season, Christmas and New Year peak

• Helg

  Christmas and New Year peak

  20 dec – 5 janJul & nyårTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Wadi flash-flood season (1 nov – 31 mar), Winter high season (1 nov – 31 mar)