The climate of Israel: when to go to Israel ?

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Israel has a Mediterranean climate along the coast, that becomes increasingly arid inland, becoming a desert climate in the drier areas of the Negev desert and along the coast of the Red Sea.

The Mediterranean coast and the north-central area of the country have a warm and dry climate in summer and a cool and damp climate in winter. The dry and arid period is from April to October, while the rains are concentrated in the winter months between November and March, in this period falls more than 70% of the precipitations.

The average annual rainfall varies between 500 and 700 mm. In the mountainous areas of the interior snow in winter are not uncommon in the city of Jerusalem will usually occur one day of snow per year.

The southern part of Israel, where is the Negev desert and the short coastline along the Red Sea, has hot and dry climate in summer and warm climate in winter with almost no rain, Eilat, on the Red Sea have less than 30 mm of rainfall per year.

WHEN TO GO TO ISRAEL?

The best time to travel to Israel are the months between March and October, the best ones are the months of spring, between March and June. To visit the desert areas are preferable the winter months that are cooler.

ISRAEL CLIMATE: CLIMATIC TABLES

JERUSALEM (754 meters)
Month	Average low (°C)	Average high (°C)	Precip. (mm)	Precip. days
January	6,4	11,8	133,2	12,9
February	6,4	12,6	118,3	11,7
March	8,4	15,4	92,7	9,6
April	12,6	21,5	24,5	4,4
May	15,7	25,3	3,2	1,3
June	17,8	27,6	0	0
July	19,4	29,0	0	0
August	19,5	29,4	0	0
September	18,6	28,2	0,3	0,3
October	16,6	24,7	15,4	3,6
November	12,3	18,8	60,8	7,3
December	8,4	14,0	105,7	10,9
YEAR	13,5	21,5	554,1	62

EILAT (4 meters)
Month	Average low (°C)	Average high (°C)	Precip. (mm)	Precip. days
January	10,4	21,3	4	2,1
February	11,8	23,0	3	1,8
March	14,6	26,1	3	1,6
April	18,4	31,0	2	0,9
May	22,5	35,7	1	0,7
June	25,2	38,9	0	0
July	27,3	40,4	0	0
August	27,4	40,0	0	0
September	25,2	37,3	0	0
October	21,8	33,1	4	0,7
November	16,3	27,7	2	0,8
December	11,9	23,0	5	1,9
YEAR	19,4	31,4	24	10,5

EILAT (RED SEA)
Month	Sea Water Temperature °C
January	21
February	21
March	21
April	22
May	24
June	26
July	28
August	28
September	28
October	26
November	25
December	23

HAIFA (MEDITERRANEAN SEA)
Month	Sea Water Temperature °C
January	18
February	17
March	17
April	18
May	21
June	24
July	27
August	28
September	27
October	26
November	23
December	20