Climate averages 1991–2020
Haifa weather
in January.
A mild, wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Haifa: daytime highs average 15.9°C and nights cool to about 10.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 134 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 15 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nazareth (31 km away). In January its highs average 14.4°C, 1.6°C cooler than Haifa, with 113 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Israel, Haifa ranks 15th of 18 for the warmest January highs and 18th of 18 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 18 cities is 16.2°C; Haifa is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 16.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 134 mm to 103 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Nazareth in JanuaryIsrael · 31 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 6.0°C · 113 mm rain
- Hadera in JanuaryIsrael · 42 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 9.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Tyre in JanuaryLebanon · 54 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 10.1°C · 193 mm rain
- Netanya in JanuaryIsrael · 55 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 9.6°C · 102 mm rain
- Nablus in JanuaryPalestinian Territory · 70 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 4.4°C · 107 mm rain
- Kfar Saba in JanuaryIsrael · 71 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 9.8°C · 73 mm rain
- Herzliya in JanuaryIsrael · 74 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 10.1°C · 102 mm rain
- Nabatîyé et Tahta in JanuaryLebanon · 77 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 5.6°C · 121 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.