Climate averages 1991–2020
Ashdod weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Ashdod: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 46 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ashkelon (16 km away). In May its highs average 25.9°C, about as warm as Ashdod, with 6.3 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Israel, Ashdod ranks 17th of 18 for the warmest May highs and joint 1st of 18 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 18 cities is 27.4°C; Ashdod is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.0 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
May 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 | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Ashkelon in MayIsrael · 16 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.0°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Reẖovot in MayIsrael · 19 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.9°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Rishon LeTsiyyon in MayIsrael · 24 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Lod in MayIsrael · 28 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 17.0°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Bet Shemesh in MayIsrael · 33 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Tel Aviv in MayIsrael · 34 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 17.2°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Modi‘in Makkabbim Re‘ut in MayIsrael · 36 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Gaza in MayPalestinian Territory · 37 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.4°C · 4.4 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.