Jerusalem climate
Jerusalem is warmest in August, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 4.5 °C. January is the wettest month (74 mm) and August the driest (0.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Jerusalem averages 323 mm of rain, 171 days above 25 °C and 2 days below freezing.
Israel · population 971,800 · 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 32 °C
- Coldest month January 4.5 °C
- Driest month August 0 mm
- Wettest month January 74 mm
- Least cloud July 5 % cloud
- Hottest on record September 41 °C
- Coldest on record January -3.6 °C
What to expectJerusalem through the year
Jerusalem has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 12 °C in January to 32 °C in August, a swing of 17 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 171 days a year reach 25 °C, 96 of them reach 30 °C, 2 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in September.
Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 74 mm against 0 mm in August — 566 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.4 °C | 74 mm | 44 % |
| February | 13.6 °C | 66 mm | 43 % |
| March | 17.1 °C | 45 mm | 38 % |
| April | 22.0 °C | 18 mm | 31 % |
| May | 26.8 °C | 9 mm | 22 % |
| June | 30.1 °C | 1 mm | 5 % |
| July | 32.0 °C | under 1 mm | 5 % |
| August | 32.1 °C | under 1 mm | 6 % |
| September | 30.1 °C | 2 mm | 9 % |
| October | 25.9 °C | 19 mm | 23 % |
| November | 19.3 °C | 36 mm | 35 % |
| December | 14.4 °C | 53 mm | 41 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.4 °C | 4.5 °C | 8.2 °C | 21.7 °C | -3.6 °C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| February | 13.6 °C | 4.8 °C | 9.0 °C | 25.6 °C | -2.7 °C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| March | 17.1 °C | 6.7 °C | 11.7 °C | 31.6 °C | -0.1 °C | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| April | 22.0 °C | 9.7 °C | 15.8 °C | 35.2 °C | -0.6 °C | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| May | 26.8 °C | 13.4 °C | 20.1 °C | 39.3 °C | 6.2 °C | 20 | 7 | 0 |
| June | 30.1 °C | 16.3 °C | 23.0 °C | 37.9 °C | 11.0 °C | 29 | 15 | 0 |
| July | 32.0 °C | 18.4 °C | 24.9 °C | 38.9 °C | 14.6 °C | 31 | 26 | 0 |
| August | 32.1 °C | 18.9 °C | 25.0 °C | 39.4 °C | 15.0 °C | 31 | 27 | 0 |
| September | 30.1 °C | 17.7 °C | 23.3 °C | 40.9 °C | 12.2 °C | 29 | 14 | 0 |
| October | 25.9 °C | 15.1 °C | 20.1 °C | 36.1 °C | 8.7 °C | 19 | 4 | 0 |
| November | 19.3 °C | 10.5 °C | 14.5 °C | 29.4 °C | 2.4 °C | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 14.4 °C | 6.4 °C | 10.1 °C | 24.5 °C | -2.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 74 mm | 10 | 10 h/day | 44 % | 74 % | 14 km/h |
| February | 66 mm | 9 | 11 h/day | 43 % | 72 % | 15 km/h |
| March | 45 mm | 7 | 12 h/day | 38 % | 67 % | 15 km/h |
| April | 18 mm | 3 | 13 h/day | 31 % | 58 % | 16 km/h |
| May | 9 mm | 2 | 14 h/day | 22 % | 52 % | 17 km/h |
| June | 1 mm | 0 | 14 h/day | 5 % | 54 % | 18 km/h |
| July | under 1 mm | 0 | 14 h/day | 5 % | 56 % | 18 km/h |
| August | under 1 mm | 0 | 13 h/day | 6 % | 60 % | 17 km/h |
| September | 2 mm | 1 | 12 h/day | 9 % | 61 % | 16 km/h |
| October | 19 mm | 4 | 11 h/day | 23 % | 62 % | 13 km/h |
| November | 36 mm | 6 | 11 h/day | 35 % | 65 % | 12 km/h |
| December | 53 mm | 8 | 10 h/day | 41 % | 71 % | 12 km/h |
Where Jerusalem ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Places with the best weather in Asia in April | 16thof 50 | 96/100 |
| Places with the best weather in Asia year-round | 27thof 50 | 79/100 |
| Places with the best weather in the world in April | 31stof 50 | 96/100 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Jerusalem.
QuestionsCommon questions about Jerusalem’s climate
When is the best time to visit Jerusalem?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, June, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Jerusalem get?
In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 96 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 4.5 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 2 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Jerusalem?
January, averaging 74 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is August with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 323 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 Jerusalem 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
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
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.