Climate averages 1991–2020
Bet Shemesh weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Bet Shemesh: daytime highs average 34.0°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 19 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Modi‘in Makkabbim Re‘ut (18 km away). In August its highs average 32.4°C, 1.6°C cooler than Bet Shemesh, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 18 cities listed in Israel, Bet Shemesh ranks 1st of 18 for the warmest August highs and joint 2nd of 18 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 18 cities is 31.9°C; Bet Shemesh is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 32.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.1 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Bet Shemesh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.5°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 48 | 8.4 | 10.310 h |
| February | 17.6°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 42 | 7.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 20.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 29 | 5.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 11 | 2.6 | 12.913 h |
| May | 29.5°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 5.2 | 1.3 | 13.814 h |
| June | 32.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 14.214 h |
| July | 33.8°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August, selected | 34.0°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 32.3°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 1.1 | 0.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 10 | 2.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 23.4°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 20 | 4.6 | 10.611 h |
| December | 18.5°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 32 | 6.2 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Modi‘in Makkabbim Re‘ut in AugustIsrael · 18 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 21.5°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Jerusalem in AugustIsrael · 22 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Hebron in AugustPalestinian Territory · 24 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Reẖovot in AugustIsrael · 25 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Lod in AugustIsrael · 26 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Rishon LeTsiyyon in AugustIsrael · 33 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Ashdod in AugustIsrael · 33 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Ashkelon in AugustIsrael · 40 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 0.5 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 Bet Shemesh) is explained once on the Bet Shemesh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.