Climate averages 1991–2020
Haifa weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Haifa: daytime highs average 18.6°C and nights cool to about 12.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nazareth (31 km away). In March its highs average 18.5°C, about as warm as Haifa, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Israel, Haifa ranks 16th of 18 for the warmest March highs and 17th of 18 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 18 cities is 20.0°C; Haifa is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 21.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 56 mm to 27 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Nazareth in MarchIsrael · 31 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Hadera in MarchIsrael · 42 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 11.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Tyre in MarchLebanon · 54 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 11.8°C · 102 mm rain
- Netanya in MarchIsrael · 55 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 11.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Nablus in MarchPalestinian Territory · 70 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 7.0°C · 67 mm rain
- Kfar Saba in MarchIsrael · 71 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Herzliya in MarchIsrael · 74 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 11.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Nabatîyé et Tahta in MarchLebanon · 77 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 7.8°C · 95 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.