Climate averages 1991–2020
Haifa weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Haifa: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 24 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nazareth (31 km away). In October its highs average 27.5°C, 0.6°C warmer than Haifa, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Israel, Haifa ranks 17th of 18 for the warmest October highs and 15th of 18 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 18 cities is 28.0°C; Haifa is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.4°C to 22.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 64 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Nazareth in OctoberIsrael · 31 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.5°C · 21 mm rain
- Hadera in OctoberIsrael · 42 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Tyre in OctoberLebanon · 54 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Netanya in OctoberIsrael · 55 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Nablus in OctoberPalestinian Territory · 70 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 15.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Kfar Saba in OctoberIsrael · 71 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.8°C · 14 mm rain
- Herzliya in OctoberIsrael · 74 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Nabatîyé et Tahta in OctoberLebanon · 77 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.1°C · 26 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.