Climate averages 1991–2020

Jerusalem weather
in January.

A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 12.5°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 4.5°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 77 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a cool month in Jerusalem: daytime highs average 12.5°C and nights cool to about 4.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 77 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 20 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Bet Shemesh (22 km away). In January its highs average 16.5°C, 4.0°C warmer than Jerusalem, with 48 mm of rain.

Among the 18 cities listed in Israel, Jerusalem ranks 18th of 18 for the warmest January highs and 10th of 18 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 18 cities is 16.2°C; Jerusalem is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 13.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 77 mm to 67 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Jerusalem climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Jerusalem, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	12.5°C4.5°C	4.5°C	77	10.1	10.310 h
February	13.6°C4.8°C	4.8°C	67	9.5	11.011 h
March	17.2°C6.7°C	6.7°C	46	7.0	12.012 h
April	22.1°C9.8°C	9.8°C	18	3.2	12.913 h
May	26.9°C13.4°C	13.4°C	9.2	1.9	13.814 h
June	30.1°C16.2°C	16.2°C	1.1	0.4	14.214 h
July	32.1°C18.3°C	18.3°C	0.2	0.0	14.014 h
August	32.3°C19.0°C	19.0°C	0.1	0.0	13.313 h
September	30.2°C17.8°C	17.8°C	2.5	0.6	12.412 h
October	26.0°C15.3°C	15.3°C	20	3.9	11.411 h
November	19.3°C10.5°C	10.5°C	37	6.2	10.611 h
December	14.4°C6.5°C	6.5°C	54	8.0	10.110 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

Distance from Jerusalem

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Jerusalem) is explained once on the Jerusalem year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.