Haifa climate

Name: Haifa
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Haifa is warmest in August, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 11 °C. January is the wettest month (141 mm) and July the driest (0.6 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Haifa averages 553 mm of rain and 166 days above 25 °C.

Israel · population 285,316 · 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 30 °C
Coldest month January 11 °C
Driest month July 1 mm
Wettest month January 141 mm
Least cloud June 16 % cloud
Hottest on record October 38 °C
Coldest on record December 4.1 °C
Warmest sea August 28 °C

What to expectHaifa through the year

Haifa has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 16 °C in January to 30 °C in August, a swing of 13 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 166 days a year reach 25 °C, 30 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in October.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 141 mm against 1 mm in July — 217 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Haifa 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	16.1 °C	141 mm	46 %
February	16.7 °C	105 mm	45 %
March	18.7 °C	59 mm	41 %
April	21.4 °C	29 mm	35 %
May	24.3 °C	9 mm	26 %
June	26.9 °C	3 mm	16 %
July	29.0 °C	1 mm	19 %
August	29.8 °C	1 mm	20 %
September	28.9 °C	3 mm	16 %
October	26.9 °C	19 mm	26 %
November	22.6 °C	64 mm	36 %
December	18.1 °C	121 mm	44 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	16.1 °C	10.8 °C	13.4 °C	23.6 °C	4.7 °C	0	0
February	16.7 °C	10.8 °C	13.7 °C	26.2 °C	4.5 °C	0	0
March	18.7 °C	12.4 °C	15.5 °C	32.4 °C	6.4 °C	2	0
April	21.4 °C	14.4 °C	17.9 °C	36.2 °C	7.5 °C	5	1
May	24.3 °C	17.3 °C	20.9 °C	36.7 °C	11.4 °C	10	2
June	26.9 °C	20.3 °C	23.8 °C	36.6 °C	14.6 °C	26	1
July	29.0 °C	22.7 °C	25.9 °C	37.2 °C	18.9 °C	31	5
August	29.8 °C	23.5 °C	26.7 °C	34.0 °C	19.5 °C	31	11
September	28.9 °C	22.9 °C	25.8 °C	37.2 °C	18.6 °C	30	5
October	26.9 °C	20.6 °C	23.6 °C	38.2 °C	14.2 °C	25	4
November	22.6 °C	16.4 °C	19.3 °C	32.5 °C	8.6 °C	7	0
December	18.1 °C	12.6 °C	15.3 °C	26.9 °C	4.1 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	141 mm	12	10 h/day	46 %	72 %	21 km/h	18.5 °C
February	105 mm	10	11 h/day	45 %	71 %	21 km/h	17.5 °C
March	59 mm	7	12 h/day	41 %	71 %	21 km/h	17.5 °C
April	29 mm	4	13 h/day	35 %	72 %	21 km/h	18.6 °C
May	9 mm	2	14 h/day	26 %	74 %	20 km/h	21.2 °C
June	3 mm	1	14 h/day	16 %	76 %	20 km/h	24.7 °C
July	1 mm	0	14 h/day	19 %	76 %	20 km/h	27.1 °C
August	1 mm	0	13 h/day	20 %	75 %	20 km/h	28.2 °C
September	3 mm	1	12 h/day	16 %	71 %	20 km/h	27.9 °C
October	19 mm	4	11 h/day	26 %	70 %	19 km/h	26.2 °C
November	64 mm	7	10 h/day	36 %	66 %	19 km/h	23.5 °C
December	121 mm	10	10 h/day	44 %	70 %	20 km/h	20.7 °C

Where Haifa ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in September	2nd of 50	97/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in June	3rd of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in the world in June	5th of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in July	6th of 50	98/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in October	6th of 50	99/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in August	13th of 50	94/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Haifa’s climate

When is the best time to visit Haifa?

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 Haifa get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 30 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 11 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Haifa?

January, averaging 141 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is July with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 553 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 Haifa 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: 32.813°, 34.999° (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.