Khān Yūnis climate

Name: Khān Yūnis
Address: PS

Khān Yūnis is warmest in August, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 8.5 °C. January is the wettest month (38 mm) and August the driest (0.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Khān Yūnis averages 152 mm of rain and 206 days above 25 °C.

Palestinian Territory · population 173,183 · 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 8.5 °C
Driest month August 0 mm
Wettest month January 38 mm
Least cloud June 14 % cloud
Hottest on record May 44 °C
Coldest on record January 1.0 °C
Warmest sea August 28 °C

What to expectKhān Yūnis through the year

Khān Yūnis has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 17 °C in January to 33 °C in August, a swing of 15 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 206 days a year reach 25 °C, 121 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C, in May.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in August to 38 mm in January. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Khān Yūnis is warmest in August at 28 °C and coldest in February at 17 °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	17.3 °C	38 mm	40 %
February	18.4 °C	29 mm	40 %
March	21.4 °C	20 mm	36 %
April	25.2 °C	8 mm	31 %
May	28.4 °C	3 mm	25 %
June	30.7 °C	1 mm	14 %
July	32.3 °C	under 1 mm	16 %
August	32.5 °C	under 1 mm	17 %
September	31.1 °C	1 mm	15 %
October	28.5 °C	9 mm	25 %
November	23.9 °C	17 mm	35 %
December	19.3 °C	25 mm	38 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	17.3 °C	8.5 °C	12.7 °C	28.6 °C	1.0 °C	0	0
February	18.4 °C	8.8 °C	13.4 °C	32.6 °C	2.6 °C	2	0
March	21.4 °C	10.8 °C	16.0 °C	38.0 °C	5.0 °C	6	2
April	25.2 °C	13.4 °C	19.1 °C	42.1 °C	6.5 °C	12	5
May	28.4 °C	16.6 °C	22.3 °C	44.1 °C	9.8 °C	25	8
June	30.7 °C	19.9 °C	25.0 °C	43.0 °C	13.7 °C	30	17
July	32.3 °C	22.2 °C	26.9 °C	41.3 °C	17.4 °C	31	29
August	32.5 °C	22.8 °C	27.3 °C	39.9 °C	18.0 °C	31	31
September	31.1 °C	21.5 °C	26.1 °C	40.8 °C	16.0 °C	30	22
October	28.5 °C	18.8 °C	23.5 °C	39.2 °C	11.3 °C	28	7
November	23.9 °C	14.3 °C	18.9 °C	34.0 °C	6.5 °C	10	1
December	19.3 °C	10.2 °C	14.5 °C	30.4 °C	2.1 °C	1	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	38 mm	8	10 h/day	40 %	70 %	19 km/h	18.5 °C
February	29 mm	7	11 h/day	40 %	69 %	20 km/h	17.4 °C
March	20 mm	4	12 h/day	36 %	65 %	21 km/h	17.6 °C
April	8 mm	2	13 h/day	31 %	60 %	22 km/h	18.9 °C
May	3 mm	1	14 h/day	25 %	61 %	22 km/h	21.5 °C
June	1 mm	0	14 h/day	14 %	65 %	21 km/h	24.8 °C
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	16 %	67 %	20 km/h	27.1 °C
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	17 %	68 %	20 km/h	28.3 °C
September	1 mm	0	12 h/day	15 %	66 %	20 km/h	28.1 °C
October	9 mm	2	11 h/day	25 %	67 %	19 km/h	26.5 °C
November	17 mm	4	11 h/day	35 %	66 %	17 km/h	23.7 °C
December	25 mm	6	10 h/day	38 %	68 %	17 km/h	20.7 °C

How Khān Yūnis 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
Khān Yūnis	33 °C	8.5 °C	152 mm	206
Gaza · Palestinian Territory	32 °C	9.6 °C	288 mm	193
Beersheba · Israel	33 °C	7.0 °C	130 mm	205
Arīsh · Egypt	32 °C	8.4 °C	59 mm	193
Ashdod · Israel	31 °C	9.9 °C	285 mm	180
Hebron · Palestinian Territory	32 °C	5.0 °C	205 mm	174
Tel Aviv · Israel	31 °C	10.0 °C	405 mm	189

Where Khān Yūnis ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in May	1stof 50	93/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in October	4thof 50	99/100
Places with the best weather in Asia year-round	14thof 50	81/100
Best beach destinations in the world in October	16thof 50	99/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in June	17thof 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in March	18thof 50	93/100

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QuestionsCommon questions about Khān Yūnis’s climate

When is the best time to visit Khān Yūnis?

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 Khān Yūnis get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 121 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 8.5 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Khān Yūnis?

January, averaging 38 mm over 8 days with rain. The driest month is August with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 152 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 Khān Yūnis 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: 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.