Climate averages 1991–2020
Haifa weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Haifa: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 23.4°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 (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 22 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nazareth (31 km away). In August its highs average 32.4°C, 2.7°C warmer than Haifa, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 18 cities listed in Israel, Haifa ranks 18th of 18 for the warmest August highs and joint 10th of 18 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 18 cities is 31.9°C; Haifa is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 2.2 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
Haifa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.9°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 134 | 12.0 | 10.310 h |
| February | 16.5°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 103 | 10.0 | 11.011 h |
| March | 18.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 56 | 6.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.3°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 27 | 4.1 | 13.013 h |
| May | 24.2°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 8.0 | 1.7 | 13.814 h |
| June | 26.9°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 14.314 h |
| July | 29.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 29.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 28.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 2.2 | 0.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.8°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 19 | 3.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 22.4°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 64 | 6.6 | 10.511 h |
| December | 17.9°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 119 | 10.2 | 10.010 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
- Nazareth in AugustIsrael · 31 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Hadera in AugustIsrael · 42 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 22.7°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Tyre in AugustLebanon · 54 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Netanya in AugustIsrael · 55 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Nablus in AugustPalestinian Territory · 70 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Kfar Saba in AugustIsrael · 71 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Herzliya in AugustIsrael · 74 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Nabatîyé et Tahta in AugustLebanon · 77 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 1.1 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 Haifa) is explained once on the Haifa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.