Travel Risk Atlas

Jordan

Western Asia · Capital Amman

Each opens that government's own advisory for Jordan — the authoritative version, updated far faster than this page.

40.2 Moderate risk
Atlas Risk Score · 138th safest of 220
brown and white concrete building on brown rocky mountain during daytime
Photo: Alex Vasey / Unsplash

Where the risk actually is

Each region is coloured by the advice that applies to most of it, drawn by hand from the wording of all five government advisories. Numbered markers flag localised warnings — usually a border strip or remote interior — that cover only a small part of an otherwise lower-risk region.

Ajlun — Essential travel onlyAmman — Essential travel onlyAqaba — Essential travel onlyBalqa — Essential travel onlyIrbid — Essential travel onlyJarash — Essential travel onlyKarak — Essential travel onlyMa`an — Essential travel onlyMadaba — Essential travel onlyMafraq — Essential travel onlyTafilah — Essential travel onlyZarqa — Essential travel onlySea of GalileeDead SeaDead Sea1. Syrian border — Do not travel12. Aqaba port and airport — Essential travel only2
What governments advise Essential travel only Localised warning — see the notes below

This map reads stronger than the world map's colour, and both are right. The world map shades Jordan by its Atlas Risk Score — 40, Moderate — which blends government advice with crime, health, roads and natural hazards. This map shows the advice alone, and the strongest level anywhere in Jordan is “essential travel only”.

What the warnings actually cover

  • 1
    Syrian borderDo not travel. Do-not-travel within 3km of the Syrian border. Amman, Petra, Wadi Rum and the Dead Sea are all far south of it.
  • 2
    Aqaba port and airportEssential travel only. Essential-travel-only for Aqaba international airport and seaport specifically, after regional missile activity. Aqaba town and the Red Sea diving sites are not covered.

A numbered marker warns about the small area described in its note — the rest of that region carries the base advice. Mapped by hand from the official wording in July 2026; always check the current advisory before you book.

What drives the score

Each pillar is scored 0–100 against every other country. Longer bar = more risk.

Official advisories
25% of score
53/100
187th of 220
Conflict & terrorism
15% of score
50/100
155th of 220
Road & transport
10% of score
43/100
139th of 220
Political stability
10% of score
42/100
125th of 220
Natural hazards
10% of score · mainly earthquakes, drought
34/100
81st of 220
Crime
15% of score
29/100
78th of 220
Health & medical
15% of score
20/100
80th of 220
Women's safety
not in the score
37/100

Biggest factor here: official advisories. What the US, UK and Dutch governments currently tell their own citizens about travelling here.

Practical facts

The things worth knowing before you land.

Emergency number
911
Police, fire and ambulance
Currency
JOD د.ا
Languages
Arabic
Visa (EU passport)
Visa on arrival
US: Visa on arrival · UK: Visa on arrival
Population
11.5m
World Bank 2025
Capital
Amman
Driving
On the right
17.0 road deaths per 100k
Power
Type C, F, G
220-240V
Safely managed water
89%
Mostly, but not everywhere · of residents, not a tap-water verdict
Dialling code
+962
GDP per capita
$5k
A rough guide to price levels
Visitors a year
5.4m
International arrivals, 2019

When to go

Average daytime high and nightly low for Amman, over 2010-2019. Bars are rainfall; the colour band is how hot the days get.

Mildest and driest around October to April.

Daytime high warm hot extreme heat
Top figure is the average daytime high, below it the average nightly low, and millimetres of rain under each bar. Figures are the average daytime high; bar heights are the month's rainfall. Shaded months are the mild, drier ones. Source: NASA POWER daily observations, 2010-2019, public domain.

Sources for this page

Vaccinations, malaria and outbreaks. This atlas does not give medical advice — it is personal, it changes, and it is the one thing worth getting from a doctor. Both national services publish current advice for Jordan:

Check the official advisory before you book. This page reflects data as of August 2026. Advisories change without warning, and only your own government's advice affects your travel insurance.