Plugs and voltage
Jordan uses Types C, F and G sockets; Types B, D and J are also found. Mains supply is 230 V at 50 Hz.
Several socket types are in use; a universal adapter is the safe choice.
At 230 V, devices made only for 100–127 V (many American and Japanese hair dryers, curling irons and some shavers) will be damaged without a step-down converter. Chargers labelled “100–240V” work fine with just a plug adapter.
Money
JOD Jordanian Dinar JOD
Average in 2025: 1 USD = 0.7100 JOD (World Bank). No daily reference rate is published for this currency by the ECB; check a live rate before exchanging.
Price level 45 (US = 100, 2025)
Everyday household prices in Jordan are about 45% of US prices when converted at market exchange rates: cheaper than the median country (50). All countries
Language
- Arabicofficial100%
Bars show the share of the population that speaks each language (CLDR estimates).
Time
Jordan is on UTC+3, with no daylight saving time.
Driving
Traffic in Jordan drives on the right, so the steering wheel is on the left.
Public holidays in the next 12 months
14 national public holidays from 2 November 2026. Banks, offices and many shops close; regional holidays are not shown. Dates marked “estimated” follow a lunar calendar and can move by a day.
December 2026
- Christmas Day
January 2027
- New Year's Day
- Isra' and Mi'raj (estimated)
March 2027
- Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
- Eid al-Fitr Holiday (estimated)
- Eid al-Fitr Holiday (estimated)
May 2027
- Labor Day
- Day of Arafah (estimated)
- Eid al-Adha (estimated)
- Eid al-Adha Holiday (estimated)
- Eid al-Adha Holiday (estimated)
- Independence Day
June 2027
- Islamic New Year (estimated)
August 2027
- Prophet's Birthday (estimated)
Travel advisories
United States · State Department
Level 3 Reconsider travel
Read the full advisory. Checked 2026-11-02.
United Kingdom · FCDO
- FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the country
Updated 2026-10-27. Read the full advice. Checked 2026-11-02.
Advisories are written for each government's own citizens and change without notice: read the original before you travel.
Other practical facts
- Calling code
- +962
- Internet domain
- .jo
- Measurement
- Metric
- Paper size
- A4
- Week starts on
- Saturday
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Flag: Flag of Jordan.svg, Public domain. Arms: Coat of arms of Jordan.svg, Public domain. Electricity: resolved by intl.life from three sources, see methodology.
