Beersheba climate

Name: Beersheba
Address: IL

Beersheba is warmest in August, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 7.0 °C. January is the wettest month (34 mm) and July the driest (0.09 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Beersheba averages 130 mm of rain and 205 days above 25 °C.

Israel · population 186,600 · 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 33 °C
Coldest month January 7.0 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month January 34 mm
Least cloud June 12 % cloud
Hottest on record September 44 °C
Coldest on record January 0.3 °C

What to expectBeersheba through the year

Beersheba has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 16 °C in January to 33 °C in August, a swing of 15 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 205 days a year reach 25 °C, 132 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C, in September.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in July to 34 mm in January. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	15.8 °C	34 mm	40 %
February	17.1 °C	28 mm	40 %
March	20.7 °C	20 mm	36 %
April	25.4 °C	7 mm	31 %
May	29.3 °C	5 mm	24 %
June	31.7 °C	under 1 mm	12 %
July	33.3 °C	under 1 mm	13 %
August	33.4 °C	under 1 mm	14 %
September	31.6 °C	1 mm	13 %
October	28.4 °C	5 mm	22 %
November	22.8 °C	11 mm	32 %
December	17.9 °C	18 mm	37 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	15.8 °C	7.0 °C	11.1 °C	27.0 °C	0.3 °C	0	0
February	17.1 °C	7.4 °C	11.9 °C	30.5 °C	0.8 °C	1	0
March	20.7 °C	9.5 °C	14.8 °C	36.3 °C	2.7 °C	6	1
April	25.4 °C	12.3 °C	18.6 °C	40.1 °C	3.0 °C	14	6
May	29.3 °C	15.7 °C	22.2 °C	43.1 °C	9.5 °C	26	12
June	31.7 °C	18.5 °C	24.5 °C	41.9 °C	12.2 °C	30	21
July	33.3 °C	20.5 °C	26.1 °C	41.3 °C	16.3 °C	31	29
August	33.4 °C	21.0 °C	26.4 °C	40.6 °C	16.1 °C	31	30
September	31.6 °C	19.8 °C	24.9 °C	43.7 °C	13.4 °C	30	22
October	28.4 °C	17.5 °C	22.3 °C	39.0 °C	11.1 °C	26	9
November	22.8 °C	13.1 °C	17.5 °C	32.6 °C	4.2 °C	8	1
December	17.9 °C	8.9 °C	13.0 °C	29.5 °C	0.4 °C	1	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	34 mm	6	10 h/day	40 %	71 %	18 km/h
February	28 mm	6	11 h/day	40 %	69 %	19 km/h
March	20 mm	4	12 h/day	36 %	63 %	20 km/h
April	7 mm	2	13 h/day	31 %	55 %	20 km/h
May	5 mm	1	14 h/day	24 %	53 %	21 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	12 %	57 %	21 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	13 %	60 %	21 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	14 %	63 %	20 km/h
September	1 mm	0	12 h/day	13 %	64 %	20 km/h
October	5 mm	1	11 h/day	22 %	64 %	18 km/h
November	11 mm	3	11 h/day	32 %	63 %	16 km/h
December	18 mm	4	10 h/day	37 %	68 %	17 km/h

How Beersheba 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
Beersheba	33 °C	7.0 °C	130 mm	205
Gaza · Palestinian Territory	32 °C	9.6 °C	288 mm	193
Hebron · Palestinian Territory	32 °C	5.0 °C	205 mm	174
Khān Yūnis · Palestinian Territory	33 °C	8.5 °C	152 mm	206
Ashdod · Israel	31 °C	9.9 °C	285 mm	180
Jerusalem · Israel	32 °C	4.5 °C	323 mm	171

Where Beersheba ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in November	11th of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in the world in November	15th of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in Asia year-round	17th of 50	80/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in March	33rd of 50	92/100
The driest places in Asia in August	38th of 50	0.10 mm
The driest places in Asia in July	40th of 50	0.09 mm

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QuestionsCommon questions about Beersheba’s climate

When is the best time to visit Beersheba?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, October 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 Beersheba get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 132 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 7.0 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Beersheba?

January, averaging 34 mm over 6 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 130 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 Beersheba 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: 31.252°, 34.791° (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.