Climate averages 1991–2020
Beersheba weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Beersheba: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 15.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th 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 43 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gaza (41 km away). In May its highs average 27.3°C, 2.0°C cooler than Beersheba, with 4.4 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Israel, Beersheba ranks joint 2nd 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; Beersheba is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 31.6°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
Beersheba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.8°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 31 | 6.2 | 10.410 h |
| February | 17.1°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 26 | 6.1 | 11.111 h |
| March | 20.7°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 19 | 4.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.4°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 6.1 | 1.9 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 29.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 4.0 | 0.9 | 13.714 h |
| June | 31.6°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.114 h |
| July | 33.2°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 33.3°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 31.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 28.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 5.0 | 1.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 22.8°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 8.8 | 2.5 | 10.611 h |
| December | 17.9°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 16 | 4.3 | 10.210 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
- Gaza in MayPalestinian Territory · 41 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.4°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Hebron in MayPalestinian Territory · 42 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 14.4°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Khān Yūnis in MayPalestinian Territory · 47 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Ashkelon in MayIsrael · 51 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.0°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Rafaḩ in MayPalestinian Territory · 52 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 17.0°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Bet Shemesh in MayIsrael · 57 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Ashdod in MayIsrael · 62 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.2°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Jerusalem in MayIsrael · 70 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 13.4°C · 9.2 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 Beersheba) is explained once on the Beersheba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.