Snow in Ramadan? The holy month begins during the coldest and most likely time of the year for snow.

Arab Weather - Astronomical calculations indicate that Ramadan 1447 AH/2026 AD will begin at the end of February, during the winter season. This period is considered one of the coldest periods of the year, statistically speaking, in the Eastern Mediterranean region, during which the Kingdom and the Levant are more likely to be affected by cold waves.

Will we walk to Tarawih prayers under the snow in Ramadan 2026?

Climate archives indicate that February is one of the months most prone to snowfall in Jordan, the Levant, and northern Iraq. Several instances of snowfall have been recorded during this month in recent decades, sometimes coinciding with the start of Ramadan. Whether the region will experience snowfall during Ramadan remains to be seen.

Meteorologists say that this period is far from the current time, and as the holy month approaches, God willing, the Arab Weather Center will issue its official updates to provide an accurate picture of the weather conditions and the chances of snowfall.

However, climate studies indicate that February is characterized by a high chance of the region being exposed to severe cold waves. It also has the highest statistical snowfall in the eastern Mediterranean, contrary to what many people believe, that the chances are highest in January.

Snow in Ramadan and Tarawih prayers are white in 1998

In the climate archive that takes us back to the year 1998 AD, specifically on January 11, a deep high pressure system covered the entire European continent, and as a result, an extremely cold air mass of polar origin rushed in, which led to the formation of a low pressure system centered over Syria at noon, and with it, snow began to fall in the high mountains in the north and south of the country. Meanwhile, the capital, Amman, and other cities witnessed, since the early hours of the morning, a rainstorm accompanied by violent winds and heavy, intermittent hail.

Snowfall quickly spread with the sunset call to prayer—the time of breaking the fast—to cities in central Jordan, including the capital, Amman! Some Jordanians saw the snow begin to fall as others were preparing to pray and break their fast. When they finished and returned to work, they were surprised to find more than 10 centimeters of snow covering the streets of western Amman, with roads completely closed, and slightly less than that in neighborhoods east of the capital. At that point, public works vehicles, assisted by the Arab Army, began to clear the closed roads.

As day broke on January 12, Jordanians in Amman were frolicking in about 30 centimeters of snow, fasting tirelessly. The weather was bitterly cold, with widespread freezing temperatures below zero degrees Celsius. That night, lows in the capital's elevated neighborhoods ranged between -2 and -4 degrees Celsius, while in the Shobak Mountains in the south of the kingdom, they dipped to -8 degrees Celsius.