Climate averages 1991–2020
Ashkelon weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Ashkelon: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.1 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes September a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ashdod (16 km away). In September its highs average 29.6°C, about as warm as Ashkelon, with 1.2 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Israel, Ashkelon ranks joint 14th of 18 for the warmest September highs and 17th of 18 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 18 cities is 30.6°C; Ashkelon is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.1 mm to 23 mm.
The annual picture
September 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
Ashkelon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.0°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 125 | 11.4 | 10.310 h |
| February | 16.7°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 92 | 9.4 | 11.011 h |
| March | 19.2°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 52 | 6.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 20 | 3.5 | 12.913 h |
| May | 25.9°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 6.3 | 1.5 | 13.814 h |
| June | 28.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 1.4 | 0.5 | 14.214 h |
| July | 30.8°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 14.014 h |
| August | 31.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| September, selected | 29.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 3.1 | 1.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.1°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 23 | 4.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 22.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 55 | 6.9 | 10.611 h |
| December | 18.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 102 | 9.8 | 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
September in nearby cities
- Ashdod in SeptemberIsrael · 16 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Gaza in SeptemberPalestinian Territory · 21 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Reẖovot in SeptemberIsrael · 34 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.7°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Rishon LeTsiyyon in SeptemberIsrael · 39 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Bet Shemesh in SeptemberIsrael · 40 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 21.2°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Lod in SeptemberIsrael · 43 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Khān Yūnis in SeptemberPalestinian Territory · 44 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Modi‘in Makkabbim Re‘ut in SeptemberIsrael · 49 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 20.6°C · 2.0 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 Ashkelon) is explained once on the Ashkelon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.