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In Palestine, the summers are hot and oppressive, the winters are cold and wet, and it is partly cloudy year round. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 39°F to 95°F and is rarely below 27°F or above 100°F.

Based on the beach/pool score, the best time of year to visit Palestine for hot-weather activities is from late May to mid September.

Climate in Palestine

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Palestine weather by month. Click on each chart for more information.

The hot season lasts for 3.5 months, from June 3 to September 19, with an average daily high temperature above 88°F. The hottest month of the year in Palestine is August, with an average high of 94°F and low of 73°F.

The cool season lasts for 3.0 months, from November 25 to February 23, with an average daily high temperature below 65°F. The coldest month of the year in Palestine is January, with an average low of 40°F and high of 59°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in Palestine

Average High and Low Temperature in PalestinehotcoolcoolJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0°F0°F10°F10°F20°F20°F30°F30°F40°F40°F50°F50°F60°F60°F70°F70°F80°F80°F90°F90°F100°F100°FJan 858°FJan 858°FAug 1095°FAug 1095°F39°F39°F73°F73°FJun 388°FJun 388°FSep 1988°FSep 1988°FNov 2565°FNov 2565°FFeb 2365°FFeb 2365°F68°F68°F66°F66°F46°F46°F45°F45°FNowNow
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.
AverageJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
High 59°F63°F71°F77°F84°F90°F93°F94°F88°F79°F68°F60°F
Temp. 48°F51°F59°F66°F73°F79°F82°F83°F77°F67°F57°F50°F
Low 40°F43°F50°F56°F64°F70°F73°F73°F67°F57°F49°F42°F

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the entire year of hourly average temperatures. The horizontal axis is the day of the year, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Average Hourly Temperature in Palestine

Average Hourly Temperature in PalestineJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMNowNowvery coldcoldcoldcoldcoldcoolcoolcomfortablewarmwarmhotvery cold
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

Er Regueb, Tunisia (5,767 miles away); Al Quwayrah, Jordan (7,112 miles); and Adana, Turkey (6,735 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Palestine (view comparison).

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In Palestine, the average percentage of the sky covered by clouds experiences mild seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year in Palestine begins around May 26 and lasts for 5.8 months, ending around November 20.

The clearest month of the year in Palestine is October, during which on average the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 70% of the time.

The cloudier part of the year begins around November 20 and lasts for 6.2 months, ending around May 26.

The cloudiest month of the year in Palestine is February, during which on average the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy 47% of the time.

Cloud Cover Categories in Palestine

Cloud Cover Categories in PalestineclearercloudiercloudierJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%Oct 472%Oct 472%Jan 352%Jan 352%May 2662%May 2662%Nov 2062%Nov 2062%NowNowclearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercast
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.
FractionJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cloudier 47%47%43%38%39%34%36%36%33%30%37%45%
Clearer 53%53%57%62%61%66%64%64%67%70%63%55%

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. The chance of wet days in Palestine varies throughout the year.

The wetter season lasts 8.7 months, from October 18 to July 8, with a greater than 28% chance of a given day being a wet day. The month with the most wet days in Palestine is May, with an average of 10.6 days with at least 0.04 inches of precipitation.

The drier season lasts 3.3 months, from July 8 to October 18. The month with the fewest wet days in Palestine is September, with an average of 6.9 days with at least 0.04 inches of precipitation.

Among wet days, we distinguish between those that experience rain alone, snow alone, or a mixture of the two. The month with the most days of rain alone in Palestine is May, with an average of 10.6 days. Based on this categorization, the most common form of precipitation throughout the year is rain alone, with a peak probability of 36% on May 26.

Daily Chance of Precipitation in Palestine

Daily Chance of Precipitation in PalestinewetwetdryJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%May 2636%May 2636%Sep 1920%Sep 1920%Jul 828%Jul 828%NowNowrain
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).
Days ofJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Rain 6.9d7.0d7.9d8.4d10.6d10.0d7.8d7.3d6.9d8.0d7.7d7.4d
Mixed 0.3d0.2d0.1d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.1d0.2d
Snow 0.2d0.1d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.1d
Any 7.4d7.3d8.0d8.4d10.6d10.0d7.8d7.3d6.9d8.0d7.8d7.6d

To show variation within the months and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day of the year. Palestine experiences significant seasonal variation in monthly rainfall.

Rain falls throughout the year in Palestine. The month with the most rain in Palestine is May, with an average rainfall of 4.1 inches.

The month with the least rain in Palestine is July, with an average rainfall of 2.1 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in Palestine

The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Rainfall 3.2″3.4″3.4″3.3″4.1″3.5″2.1″2.2″2.7″4.0″3.9″3.6″

The length of the day in Palestine varies significantly over the course of the year. In 2024, the shortest day is December 21, with 10 hours, 5 minutes of daylight; the longest day is June 20, with 14 hours, 14 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in Palestine

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in PalestineJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hr12 hr, 7 minMar 1912 hr, 7 minMar 1914 hr, 14 minJun 2014 hr, 14 minJun 2012 hr, 9 minSep 2212 hr, 9 minSep 2210 hr, 5 minDec 2110 hr, 5 minDec 21nightnightdayNowNow
The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.
Hours ofJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight 10.3h11.1h12.0h13.0h13.8h14.2h14.0h13.3h12.3h11.4h10.5h10.1h

The earliest sunrise is at 6:16 AM on June 10, and the latest sunrise is 1 hour, 24 minutes later at 7:40 AM on November 2. The earliest sunset is at 5:18 PM on December 3, and the latest sunset is 3 hours, 14 minutes later at 8:32 PM on June 29.

Daylight saving time (DST) is observed in Palestine during 2024, starting in the spring on March 10, lasting 7.8 months, and ending in the fall on November 3.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight and Daylight Saving Time in Palestine

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight and Daylight Saving Time in PalestineJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AMJun 106:16 AMJun 106:16 AM8:32 PMJun 298:32 PMJun 29Dec 35:18 PMDec 35:18 PM7:40 AMNov 27:40 AMNov 2Mar 10DSTMar 10DSTDSTNov 3DSTNov 3daynightnightnightSolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunsetNowNow
The solar day over the course of the year 2024. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray. The transitions to and from daylight saving time are indicated by the 'DST' labels.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in Palestine

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in PalestineJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AM000101010102020203030304040405050606070800001010102020202030303040404050506060707035NowNow
northeastsouthwest
Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of the year 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in Palestine

The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

Palestine experiences extreme seasonal variation in the perceived humidity.

The muggier period of the year lasts for 5.8 months, from April 23 to October 18, during which time the comfort level is muggy, oppressive, or miserable at least 24% of the time. The month with the most muggy days in Palestine is July, with 28.0 days that are muggy or worse.

The month with the fewest muggy days in Palestine is January, with 0.5 days that are muggy or worse.

Humidity Comfort Levels in Palestine

Humidity Comfort Levels in PalestinemuggyJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%Jan 211%Jan 211%91%Jul 1491%Jul 14Apr 2324%Apr 2324%Oct 1824%Oct 1824%NowNowoppressiveoppressivemuggymuggydrydrymiserablemiserable
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Muggy days 0.5d0.6d1.8d5.6d15.5d24.6d28.0d26.0d17.4d7.7d3.0d1.2d

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Palestine experiences mild seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The windier part of the year lasts for 7.0 months, from October 24 to May 26, with average wind speeds of more than 7.6 miles per hour. The windiest month of the year in Palestine is March, with an average hourly wind speed of 9.0 miles per hour.

The calmer time of year lasts for 5.0 months, from May 26 to October 24. The calmest month of the year in Palestine is August, with an average hourly wind speed of 6.2 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in Palestine

Average Wind Speed in PalestinewindywindyJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 mph0 mph2 mph2 mph4 mph4 mph6 mph6 mph8 mph8 mph10 mph10 mph12 mph12 mph14 mph14 mphApr 19.1 mphApr 19.1 mphAug 226.1 mphAug 226.1 mphOct 247.6 mphOct 247.6 mphMay 267.6 mphMay 267.6 mphNowNow
The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Wind Speed (mph) 8.38.79.08.87.97.06.56.26.67.48.18.2

The predominant average hourly wind direction in Palestine varies throughout the year.

The wind is most often from the south for 12 months, from January 8 to December 25, with a peak percentage of 70% on July 13. The wind is most often from the north for 2.0 weeks, from December 25 to January 8, with a peak percentage of 36% on January 1.

Wind Direction in Palestine

Wind Direction in PalestineSJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%NowNowsoutheastnorthwest
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The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Palestine throughout the year, we compute two travel scores.

The tourism score favors clear, rainless days with perceived temperatures between 65°F and 80°F. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Palestine for general outdoor tourist activities are from mid April to mid June and from early September to late October, with a peak score in the first week of October.

Tourism Score in Palestine

Tourism Score in Palestinebest timebest timeJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec002244668810106.46.42.02.06.36.35.15.1NowNowtemperaturetemperature cloudscloudsprecipitationprecipitationtourism score
The tourism score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with perceived temperatures between 75°F and 90°F. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Palestine for hot-weather activities is from late May to mid September, with a peak score in the last week of June.

Beach/Pool Score in Palestine

Beach/Pool Score in Palestinebest timeJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec002244668810106.56.50.40.4NowNowtemperaturetemperature cloudscloudsprecipitationprecipitationbeach/pool score
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Methodology

For each hour between 8:00 AM and 9:00 PM of each day in the analysis period (1980 to 2016), independent scores are computed for perceived temperature, cloud cover, and total precipitation. Those scores are combined into a single hourly composite score, which is then aggregated into days, averaged over all the years in the analysis period, and smoothed.

Our cloud cover score is 10 for fully clear skies, falling linearly to 9 for mostly clear skies, and to 1 for fully overcast skies.

Our precipitation score, which is based on the three-hour precipitation centered on the hour in question, is 10 for no precipitation, falling linearly to 9 for trace precipitation, and to 0 for 0.04 inches of precipitation or more.

Our tourism temperature score is 0 for perceived temperatures below 50°F, rising linearly to 9 for 65°F, to 10 for 75°F, falling linearly to 9 for 80°F, and to 1 for 90°F or hotter.

Our beach/pool temperature score is 0 for perceived temperatures below 65°F, rising linearly to 9 for 75°F, to 10 for 82°F, falling linearly to 9 for 90°F, and to 1 for 100°F or hotter.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season in Palestine typically lasts for 8.4 months (257 days), from around March 9 to around November 21, rarely starting before February 9 or after April 1, and rarely ending before October 29 or after December 12.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in Palestine

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in Palestinegrowing seasonJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%50%Mar 950%Mar 950%Nov 2150%Nov 2190%Apr 190%Apr 190%Oct 2990%Oct 2910%Feb 910%Feb 910%Dec 1210%Dec 120%Jan 130%Jan 13Jul 15100%Jul 15100%NowNowvery coldcoldcoolcomfortablewarmhotsweltering
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

Based on growing degree days alone, the first spring blooms in Palestine should appear around January 23, only rarely appearing before January 13 or after February 7.

Growing Degree Days in Palestine

Growing Degree Days in PalestineJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0°F0°F1,000°F1,000°F2,000°F2,000°F3,000°F3,000°F4,000°F4,000°F5,000°F5,000°F6,000°F6,000°FJan 2390°FJan 2390°FApr 19900°FApr 19900°FMay 311,800°FMay 311,800°FDec 316,304°FDec 316,304°FNowNow
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of the year, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy experiences significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The brighter period of the year lasts for 4.5 months, from April 9 to August 24, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter above 6.0 kWh. The brightest month of the year in Palestine is June, with an average of 6.7 kWh.

The darker period of the year lasts for 2.8 months, from November 11 to February 5, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter below 3.6 kWh. The darkest month of the year in Palestine is December, with an average of 2.9 kWh.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in Palestine

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in PalestinebrightdarkdarkJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWh9 kWh9 kWhJun 156.8 kWhJun 156.8 kWhDec 232.8 kWhDec 232.8 kWhApr 96.0 kWhApr 96.0 kWhAug 246.0 kWhAug 246.0 kWhFeb 53.6 kWhFeb 53.6 kWhNowNow
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Solar Energy (kWh) 3.13.95.16.16.56.76.66.25.54.63.52.9

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Palestine are 31.762 deg latitude, -95.631 deg longitude, and 479 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Palestine contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 259 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 476 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (525 feet). Within 50 miles also contains significant variations in elevation (643 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Palestine is covered by artificial surfaces (36%), cropland (33%), and trees (29%), within 10 miles by cropland (49%) and trees (43%), and within 50 miles by cropland (52%) and trees (33%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Palestine, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

There are 3 weather stations near enough to contribute to our estimation of the temperature and dew point in Palestine.

For each station, the records are corrected for the elevation difference between that station and Palestine according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations.

The estimated value at Palestine is computed as the weighted average of the individual contributions from each station, with weights proportional to the inverse of the distance between Palestine and a given station.

The stations contributing to this reconstruction are:

To get a sense of how much these sources agree with each other, you can view a comparison of Palestine and the stations that contribute to our estimates of its temperature history and climate. Please note that each source's contribution is adjusted for elevation and the relative change present in the MERRA-2 data.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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