Tel Aviv climate

Name: Tel Aviv
Address: IL

Tel Aviv is warmest in August, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 10.0 °C. January is the wettest month (101 mm) and August the driest (0.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Tel Aviv averages 405 mm of rain and 189 days above 25 °C.

Israel · population 432,892 · 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 January 10.0 °C
Driest month August 0 mm
Wettest month January 101 mm
Least cloud June 13 % cloud
Hottest on record May 42 °C
Coldest on record February 3.6 °C
Warmest sea August 28 °C

What to expectTel Aviv through the year

Tel Aviv has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 16 °C in January to 31 °C in August, a swing of 14 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 189 days a year reach 25 °C, 82 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 101 mm against 0 mm in August — 261 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Tel Aviv 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	16.5 °C	101 mm	43 %
February	17.2 °C	75 mm	41 %
March	19.8 °C	42 mm	37 %
April	23.3 °C	19 mm	32 %
May	26.6 °C	6 mm	24 %
June	28.9 °C	2 mm	13 %
July	30.5 °C	1 mm	15 %
August	31.0 °C	under 1 mm	16 %
September	30.0 °C	2 mm	14 %
October	27.8 °C	18 mm	24 %
November	23.2 °C	50 mm	34 %
December	18.5 °C	89 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	16.5 °C	10.0 °C	13.0 °C	25.8 °C	3.8 °C	0	0
February	17.2 °C	10.0 °C	13.5 °C	29.1 °C	3.6 °C	1	0
March	19.8 °C	11.6 °C	15.6 °C	35.1 °C	6.6 °C	4	1
April	23.3 °C	13.8 °C	18.6 °C	38.9 °C	6.2 °C	9	3
May	26.6 °C	17.0 °C	21.8 °C	41.6 °C	11.1 °C	19	5
June	28.9 °C	20.1 °C	24.5 °C	40.0 °C	14.4 °C	29	8
July	30.5 °C	22.4 °C	26.3 °C	40.3 °C	19.1 °C	31	19
August	31.0 °C	23.0 °C	26.9 °C	38.3 °C	18.8 °C	31	25
September	30.0 °C	22.0 °C	25.8 °C	38.2 °C	17.5 °C	30	14
October	27.8 °C	19.7 °C	23.5 °C	38.4 °C	13.4 °C	26	6
November	23.2 °C	15.5 °C	19.1 °C	32.9 °C	7.9 °C	9	1
December	18.5 °C	11.8 °C	14.9 °C	27.7 °C	4.2 °C	1	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	101 mm	11	10 h/day	43 %	72 %	19 km/h	18.6 °C
February	75 mm	9	11 h/day	41 %	71 %	19 km/h	17.5 °C
March	42 mm	6	12 h/day	37 %	68 %	20 km/h	17.5 °C
April	19 mm	3	13 h/day	32 %	65 %	19 km/h	18.7 °C
May	6 mm	1	14 h/day	24 %	65 %	19 km/h	21.3 °C
June	2 mm	0	14 h/day	13 %	69 %	18 km/h	24.7 °C
July	1 mm	0	14 h/day	15 %	71 %	18 km/h	27.0 °C
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	16 %	72 %	18 km/h	28.1 °C
September	2 mm	0	12 h/day	14 %	69 %	18 km/h	27.9 °C
October	18 mm	3	11 h/day	24 %	68 %	17 km/h	26.3 °C
November	50 mm	6	11 h/day	34 %	66 %	17 km/h	23.7 °C
December	89 mm	10	10 h/day	40 %	70 %	17 km/h	20.8 °C

How Tel Aviv 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
Tel Aviv	31 °C	10.0 °C	405 mm	189
Petaẖ Tiqva · Israel	32 °C	9.4 °C	307 mm	203
Netanya · Israel	32 °C	9.4 °C	346 mm	203
Ashdod · Israel	31 °C	9.9 °C	285 mm	180

Where Tel Aviv ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in October	1st of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in May	4th of 50	92/100
Best beach destinations in the world in October	6th of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in June	8th of 50	99/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in September	10th of 50	94/100
Best beach destinations in the world in June	13th of 50	99/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Tel Aviv.

QuestionsCommon questions about Tel Aviv’s climate

When is the best time to visit Tel Aviv?

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 August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Tel Aviv get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 82 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 10.0 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Tel Aviv?

January, averaging 101 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is August with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 405 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 Tel Aviv 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: 32.081°, 34.781° (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.