LOCAL TIME October – March: Greenwich Mean Time plus 2 hours (G.M.T. + 2)
April – September: Greenwich Mean Time plus 3 hours (G.M.T. + 3)
Jordan is seven hours ahead of US Eastern Time
LANGUAGE The official language of Jordan is Arabic, but English is widely spoken – especially in the cities. Many Jordanians have travelled or have been educated abroad so French, German, Italian and Spanish are also spoken, but to a lesser extent.
CLIMATE Most of Jordan has a desert climate with little or no rainfall and summer temperatures soaring especially high in July and August, the hottest and driest months of the year. Amman and the Jordan Valley have more pleasant weather during spring and autumn. During winter the weather can be extremely cold, especially in Amman, accompanied by snow, rain and wind.
CURRENCY The local currency is the Jordanian Dinar,
symbol JD, which is often called the “jaydee”. There
are 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 JD notes. The dinar is divided
onto 100 piasters (pronounced “pee-aster”) of 1000
fils (“fills”). The fils is the unit most commonly
used and you will usually see prices written as
4,750 (which is 4 JD and 750 fils).
