Ashdod climate

Name: Ashdod
Address: IL

Ashdod is warmest in August, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 9.9 °C. January is the wettest month (76 mm) and July the driest (0.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ashdod averages 285 mm of rain and 180 days above 25 °C.

Israel · population 226,838 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 31 °C
Coldest month February 9.9 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month January 76 mm
Least cloud June 14 % cloud
Hottest on record July 41 °C
Coldest on record February 3.1 °C
Warmest sea August 28 °C

What to expectAshdod through the year

Ashdod has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 17 °C in February to 31 °C in August, a swing of 14 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 180 days a year reach 25 °C, 68 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 76 mm against 0 mm in July — 229 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Ashdod is warmest in August at 28 °C and coldest in February at 18 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	16.2 °C	76 mm	43 %
February	16.9 °C	59 mm	42 %
March	19.3 °C	37 mm	38 %
April	22.5 °C	14 mm	32 %
May	25.7 °C	5 mm	25 %
June	28.3 °C	1 mm	14 %
July	30.2 °C	under 1 mm	15 %
August	30.8 °C	under 1 mm	16 %
September	29.6 °C	1 mm	15 %
October	27.2 °C	10 mm	25 %
November	22.7 °C	28 mm	34 %
December	18.3 °C	53 mm	40 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	16.2 °C	9.9 °C	12.9 °C	25.6 °C	3.9 °C	0	0
February	16.9 °C	9.9 °C	13.2 °C	28.9 °C	3.1 °C	1	0
March	19.3 °C	11.5 °C	15.3 °C	34.8 °C	6.2 °C	3	1
April	22.5 °C	13.7 °C	18.1 °C	37.8 °C	6.2 °C	7	2
May	25.7 °C	16.9 °C	21.3 °C	40.1 °C	10.6 °C	17	3
June	28.3 °C	20.1 °C	24.1 °C	38.5 °C	15.0 °C	29	5
July	30.2 °C	22.4 °C	26.1 °C	40.9 °C	18.3 °C	31	18
August	30.8 °C	23.1 °C	26.7 °C	36.0 °C	19.1 °C	31	24
September	29.6 °C	22.0 °C	25.5 °C	38.4 °C	17.6 °C	30	11
October	27.2 °C	19.7 °C	23.2 °C	38.1 °C	13.8 °C	25	4
November	22.7 °C	15.6 °C	18.9 °C	32.3 °C	8.5 °C	7	0
December	18.3 °C	11.8 °C	14.8 °C	27.4 °C	4.4 °C	1	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	76 mm	9	10 h/day	43 %	71 %	15 km/h	18.6 °C
February	59 mm	8	11 h/day	42 %	71 %	16 km/h	17.5 °C
March	37 mm	6	12 h/day	38 %	69 %	17 km/h	17.6 °C
April	14 mm	3	13 h/day	32 %	67 %	17 km/h	18.8 °C
May	5 mm	1	14 h/day	25 %	66 %	17 km/h	21.3 °C
June	1 mm	0	14 h/day	14 %	70 %	16 km/h	24.7 °C
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	15 %	70 %	16 km/h	27.0 °C
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	16 %	71 %	16 km/h	28.2 °C
September	1 mm	0	12 h/day	15 %	69 %	16 km/h	27.9 °C
October	10 mm	2	11 h/day	25 %	69 %	15 km/h	26.4 °C
November	28 mm	5	11 h/day	34 %	66 %	14 km/h	23.7 °C
December	53 mm	7	10 h/day	40 %	69 %	14 km/h	20.8 °C

How Ashdod compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Ashdod	31 °C	9.9 °C	285 mm	180
Tel Aviv · Israel	31 °C	10.0 °C	405 mm	189
Gaza · Palestinian Territory	32 °C	9.6 °C	288 mm	193
Petaẖ Tiqva · Israel	32 °C	9.4 °C	307 mm	203

Where Ashdod ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in October	3rd of 50	100/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in April	3rd of 50	97/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in June	5th of 50	99/100
Places with the best weather in the world in April	5th of 50	97/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in May	6th of 50	91/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in November	6th of 50	98/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Ashdod.

QuestionsCommon questions about Ashdod’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ashdod?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, November sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Ashdod get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 68 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 9.9 °C in February, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Ashdod?

January, averaging 76 mm over 9 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 285 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Ashdod rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 31.792°, 34.650° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.