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Jerash, Jordan: 45 km North, 10 JOD, And The Wrong Direction
Jerash is a Roman provincial city with its colonnaded street, two theatres and an oval forum still standing, about 45 km north of Amman. It costs 10 JOD at the gate, museum included, and the Jordan Pass covers it. The thing nobody tells you first: it is north, and Petra is 235 km south. Those are opposite directions, and no day trip does both.
Of Amman — and Petra is 235 km south of it. Opposite ways.
01The answer, before the article
Near Amman, Nowhere Near Petra
Jerash is a half-day from Amman and a different trip from Petra. Anything that promises both in a day is promising 560 km of driving.
Distance from Visit Jordan's own page for Jerash. The gate price is the Ministry of Tourism's published entrance-fee table, which lists Jerash at 10 JOD for foreign visitors and notes that it “includes the museum entrance fees”. Both were checked in September 2026.
- Amman to Jerash
- 45km
- North, up the highway. Visit Jordan calls it “only about 45 km north of Amman”.
- At the gate
- 10JOD
- Foreign visitors, and the museum is in it. The Jordan Pass covers the site.
- Amman to Petra
- 235km
- South. The two are on opposite sides of the capital, which is the whole planning problem.
- Tours here that reach it
- 1of 16
- The three-day loop. Everything else on this site goes south and stays south.
Verified 2026-09 · distance from Visit Jordan · gate price from the Ministry of Tourism entrance-fee table · tour prices and review counts from tours.json
02Dates and prices, live
Check Dates For The Tour This Guide Points To
The only tour on this site that reaches Jerash, and it does it as part of the classic three-day loop rather than as a detour. Prices in USD, free cancellation up to 24 h; we earn a commission, you pay the same.
From Amman: 3-Day Jerash, Petra, Wadi Rum and Dead Sea Tour
3 days · ★ 5.0 (26 reviews) · Petra ticket 60 JOD with the nights
03What you are looking at
A Roman City That Never Got Buried
Plus the oval forum and the colonnaded street, all standing.
Jerash is the other kind of ruin from Petra. Petra is carved into rock and is mostly facades; Jerash is built, in the ordinary Roman way, and enough of it is still upright that you walk down a street rather than across a site. The oval forum, the colonnaded cardo, two theatres, the arch at the south end.
It is a completely different experience, and people who have just done Petra sometimes find it the more legible of the two: there is less to imagine.
04The planning fact
North Is Not On The Way To Petra
What a day doing both would actually drive, out and back.
This is the sentence this page exists for. Jerash is about 45 km north of Amman. Petra is 235 km south. A day that did both from Amman would drive roughly 560 km before anyone got out of the car, and the Petra half alone is already 6–7 hours of road on a normal day trip.
So they belong to different days. On this site exactly one tour reaches both, and it takes three days to do it. If Jerash is what you want and Petra is not, a half-day out of Amman is the proportionate trip, and it is not a Petra tour — which is why you will not find us pretending otherwise.
05If you have the pass
The Jordan Pass Already Paid For This
If you bought a pass for Petra, Jerash is inside it.
The Jordan Pass is usually bought for Petra, because Petra is the expensive gate. Jerash is one of the sites it also covers, so if the pass is already in your pocket the 10 JOD is not a decision — it is a site you have paid for and may as well see.
The pass also waives the visa fee if you stay at least three nights, and the same three nights are what drop the Petra gate from 90 JOD to 50. The entry-fee guide does that arithmetic properly.
06The only place a product belongs
What This Changes About Your Trip
One tour here goes to Jerash, and one listing sells short private days out of Amman that include it. They are different things and the second is not a Petra tour.
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Three days: Jerash on the way out, then Petra, Wadi Rum and the Dead Sea. The only product here that does both directions.
From Amman: 3-Day Jerash, Petra, Wadi Rum and Dead Sea Tour
3 days · from $315 · ★ 5.0 (26)
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A hub of short private day trips out of Amman — Jerash among them. Not a Petra tour, and listed here for exactly that reason.
From Amman: All Jordan Private Tours in One Place
45 min – 8 hours · from $15 · ★ 4.8 (102)
07Every answer carries a figure
Jerash From Amman, Answered Short
How Far Is Jerash From Amman?
About 45 km north. Visit Jordan's own page calls it “only about 45 km north of Amman”.
How Much Is The Jerash Entrance Fee?
10 JOD for foreign visitors, and the Ministry of Tourism's fee table notes that it includes the museum.
Is Jerash Included In The Jordan Pass?
Yes. If you bought the pass for Petra, Jerash is already paid for.
Can I Do Jerash And Petra In One Day?
Not sensibly. Jerash is north of Amman and Petra is 235 km south, so a day doing both is about 560 km of driving. One tour here does both, over three days.
Is Jerash Worth It If I Have Seen Petra?
They are different kinds of ruin — Petra is carved, Jerash is built and still standing. People who have just done Petra often find Jerash easier to read.
08What you will ask next
Three Guides That Follow This One
All 13 guides →
50 vs 90 JODFirst: the pass that covers both
Petra Entry Fee
50 / 90 / 55 / 60 JOD and when each applies
235 kmThen: the road the other way
Amman To Petra
Every way, with fares and hours
−430 mThen: the other side trip
Dead Sea, Jordan
−430 m, one hour from Amman
45 km North. Petra Is The Other Way.
Yalla [let's go]. One tour here reaches both, and it takes three days to do it.