Climate averages 1991–2020
Ashdod weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Ashdod: daytime highs average 19.2°C and nights cool to about 11.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ashkelon (16 km away). In March its highs average 19.2°C, about as warm as Ashdod, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Israel, Ashdod ranks joint 14th of 18 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 18 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 18 cities is 20.0°C; Ashdod is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 33 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Ashdod climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.1°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 63 | 8.8 | 10.310 h |
| February | 16.8°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 51 | 8.2 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 19.2°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 33 | 5.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.5°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 11 | 2.7 | 12.913 h |
| May | 25.8°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 4.0 | 0.9 | 13.814 h |
| June | 28.4°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 14.214 h |
| July | 30.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 14.014 h |
| August | 30.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 29.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.1°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 8.6 | 2.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 22.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 22 | 4.3 | 10.611 h |
| December | 18.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 44 | 6.6 | 10.110 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Ashkelon in MarchIsrael · 16 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 11.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Reẖovot in MarchIsrael · 19 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 11.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Rishon LeTsiyyon in MarchIsrael · 24 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 11.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Lod in MarchIsrael · 28 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 11.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Bet Shemesh in MarchIsrael · 33 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 10.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Tel Aviv in MarchIsrael · 34 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 11.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Modi‘in Makkabbim Re‘ut in MarchIsrael · 36 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Gaza in MarchPalestinian Territory · 37 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 11.6°C · 37 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ashdod) is explained once on the Ashdod year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.