Climate averages 1991–2020
Haifa weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Haifa: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.0 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 50 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nazareth (31 km away). In May its highs average 26.8°C, 2.6°C warmer than Haifa, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Israel, Haifa ranks 18th of 18 for the warmest May highs and 16th of 18 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 18 cities is 27.4°C; Haifa is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 8.0 mm to 2.1 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Nazareth in MayIsrael · 31 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Hadera in MayIsrael · 42 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 16.9°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Tyre in MayLebanon · 54 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Netanya in MayIsrael · 55 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Nablus in MayPalestinian Territory · 70 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 13.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Kfar Saba in MayIsrael · 71 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 17.2°C · 6.9 mm rain
- Herzliya in MayIsrael · 74 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.1°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Nabatîyé et Tahta in MayLebanon · 77 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 20 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.