Jordan 
In numbers.
0.43m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Dec–Mar
Best months
-92m
Elevation
The water at Ma'in Hot Springs, month by month
It roars from January to February.
The fullest months: from January to February. The thinnest: from April to November.
- 1.3 m³/sJan
- 1.5 m³/sFeb
- 0.9 m³/sMar
- 0.3 m³/sApr
- 0.1 m³/sMay
- 0.1 m³/sJun
- 0.0 m³/sJul
- 0.0 m³/sAug
- 0.0 m³/sSep
- 0.1 m³/sOct
- 0.2 m³/sNov
- 0.7 m³/sDec
From about 0.04 m³/s in the lowest month to 1.5 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from December to March.
Estimate: the timing comes from rain, snowmelt and evaporation (NASA POWER, 1991–2020); the amounts from the river model of HydroATLAS (WaterGAP, 1971–2000). Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Getting there.
- Al ‘Arīḑnearest town · 7.2 km in a straight line
- Parking 140 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Queen Alia International Airport (AMM)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 38 km in a straight lineCar hire at AMM airport (Amman)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From December to Marchbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
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Seen from the sky.
8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.
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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.
Around the falls the river drops 468 m in 1.8 km. Here the river runs about 56 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 6viewpointsGreat lookout of the big waterfall and 5 more
- 2waymarked walking routesJT 304, JT 401
- 6car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 2toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 2other named waterfalls within 4 kmFamily Waterfall, Ladies Waterfall
- —caves
- 1campsitesWild Camp
- 1hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmMa'in Hot Spring Resort & Spa
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Towns nearby
- Al ‘Arīḑ7.2 km in a straight line
- Mā‘īn14 km in a straight line
- Mulayḩ19 km in a straight line
- Dhībān20 km in a straight line
- Mādabā21 km in a straight line
- Al Fayşalīyah22 km in a straight line
- Juraynah24 km in a straight line
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | 19 | 21 | 25 | 30 | 35 | 38 | 40 | 39 | 37 | 33 | 26 | 21 |
| Night °C | 9 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 16 | 11 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 46 | 42 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 33 |
| Wet days | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Sun h/day | 6.2 | 6.9 | 8.7 | 10.1 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 13.2 | 12.2 | 10.9 | 9.1 | 7.5 | 6.4 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (-92 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
Photos
Through visitors' eyes.
Recent years
Wet years and dry years
Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 163% | 86% | 274% | 106% | — | — | — | — | — | 5% | 145% | 87% |
| 2021 | 84% | 106% | 41% | 3% | — | — | — | — | — | 5% | 32% | 68% |
| 2022 | 129% | 54% | 96% | 0% | — | — | — | — | — | 65% | 117% | 51% |
| 2023 | 56% | 141% | 118% | 246% | — | — | — | — | — | 50% | 112% | 110% |
| 2024 | 103% | 47% | 44% | 43% | — | — | — | — | — | 0% | 17% | 57% |
| 2025 | 17% | 99% | 111% | 11% | — | — | — | — | — | 0% | 108% | 187% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Ma'in Hot Springs
Jordan
- —Height
- 0.43 m³/sAverage flow
- Dec–MarBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q6720622) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| River flow and catchment | HydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 |
| Relief, river profile, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Paths, viewpoints, parking | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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