Netanya climate
Netanya is warmest in August, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 9.4 °C. January is the wettest month (82 mm) and July the driest (0.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Netanya averages 346 mm of rain and 203 days above 25 °C.
Israel · population 228,204 · 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 9.4 °C
- Driest month July 0 mm
- Wettest month January 82 mm
- Least cloud June 12 % cloud
- Hottest on record June 42 °C
- Coldest on record February 2.4 °C
- Warmest sea August 28 °C
What to expectNetanya through the year
Netanya has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 17 °C in January to 32 °C in August, a swing of 14 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 203 days a year reach 25 °C, 115 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in June.
Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 82 mm against 0 mm in July — 193 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
The sea off Netanya 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 | 17.0 °C | 82 mm | 45 % |
| February | 17.9 °C | 70 mm | 43 % |
| March | 20.8 °C | 45 mm | 39 % |
| April | 24.6 °C | 21 mm | 33 % |
| May | 28.0 °C | 7 mm | 24 % |
| June | 30.0 °C | 2 mm | 12 % |
| July | 31.5 °C | under 1 mm | 13 % |
| August | 32.0 °C | under 1 mm | 15 % |
| September | 31.0 °C | 2 mm | 14 % |
| October | 28.8 °C | 13 mm | 25 % |
| November | 24.0 °C | 38 mm | 36 % |
| December | 19.1 °C | 65 mm | 42 % |
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 | 17.0 °C | 9.4 °C | 13.0 °C | 27.0 °C | 2.6 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 17.9 °C | 9.5 °C | 13.6 °C | 30.4 °C | 2.4 °C | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 20.8 °C | 11.2 °C | 15.9 °C | 38.0 °C | 4.9 °C | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| April | 24.6 °C | 13.5 °C | 19.0 °C | 40.6 °C | 4.9 °C | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| May | 28.0 °C | 16.5 °C | 22.2 °C | 41.9 °C | 10.5 °C | 23 | 8 | 0 |
| June | 30.0 °C | 19.4 °C | 24.7 °C | 42.3 °C | 15.2 °C | 30 | 14 | 0 |
| July | 31.5 °C | 21.7 °C | 26.5 °C | 41.0 °C | 17.5 °C | 31 | 25 | 0 |
| August | 32.0 °C | 22.5 °C | 27.0 °C | 40.5 °C | 19.0 °C | 31 | 29 | 0 |
| September | 31.0 °C | 21.5 °C | 25.9 °C | 41.2 °C | 15.5 °C | 30 | 20 | 0 |
| October | 28.8 °C | 19.2 °C | 23.7 °C | 40.0 °C | 11.8 °C | 28 | 10 | 0 |
| November | 24.0 °C | 14.9 °C | 19.2 °C | 34.9 °C | 6.0 °C | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| December | 19.1 °C | 11.2 °C | 14.9 °C | 28.8 °C | 3.3 °C | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 82 mm | 11 | 10 h/day | 45 % | 72 % | 16 km/h | 18.5 °C |
| February | 70 mm | 9 | 11 h/day | 43 % | 70 % | 16 km/h | 17.5 °C |
| March | 45 mm | 7 | 12 h/day | 39 % | 67 % | 17 km/h | 17.5 °C |
| April | 21 mm | 4 | 13 h/day | 33 % | 62 % | 17 km/h | 18.7 °C |
| May | 7 mm | 2 | 14 h/day | 24 % | 62 % | 17 km/h | 21.2 °C |
| June | 2 mm | 0 | 14 h/day | 12 % | 67 % | 17 km/h | 24.7 °C |
| July | under 1 mm | 0 | 14 h/day | 13 % | 69 % | 17 km/h | 27.1 °C |
| August | under 1 mm | 0 | 13 h/day | 15 % | 71 % | 17 km/h | 28.2 °C |
| September | 2 mm | 1 | 12 h/day | 14 % | 68 % | 16 km/h | 28.0 °C |
| October | 13 mm | 3 | 11 h/day | 25 % | 67 % | 15 km/h | 26.3 °C |
| November | 38 mm | 6 | 11 h/day | 36 % | 64 % | 14 km/h | 23.6 °C |
| December | 65 mm | 9 | 10 h/day | 42 % | 69 % | 14 km/h | 20.8 °C |
Where Netanya ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Places with the best weather in Asia year-round | 9th of 50 | 82/100 |
| Best beach destinations in Asia in June | 13th of 50 | 97/100 |
| Places with the best weather in Asia in March | 26th of 50 | 93/100 |
| Places with the best weather in Asia in November | 33rd of 50 | 96/100 |
| Best beach destinations in the world in June | 34th of 50 | 97/100 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Netanya.
QuestionsCommon questions about Netanya’s climate
When is the best time to visit Netanya?
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 Netanya get?
In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 115 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 9.4 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Netanya?
January, averaging 82 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 346 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 Netanya 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
- 32.333°, 34.860° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- 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.