Climate averages 1991–2020
Jerusalem weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Jerusalem: daytime highs average 17.2°C and nights cool to about 6.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bet Shemesh (22 km away). In March its highs average 20.8°C, 3.7°C warmer than Jerusalem, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Israel, Jerusalem ranks 18th of 18 for the warmest March highs and 15th of 18 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 18 cities is 20.0°C; Jerusalem is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 46 mm to 18 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
Jerusalem climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Bet Shemesh in MarchIsrael · 22 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 10.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Modi‘in Makkabbim Re‘ut in MarchIsrael · 24 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Hebron in MarchPalestinian Territory · 29 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 7.6°C · 28 mm rain
- Lod in MarchIsrael · 37 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 11.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Reẖovot in MarchIsrael · 41 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 11.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Rosh Ha‘Ayin in MarchIsrael · 44 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 11.8°C · 41 mm rain
- Rishon LeTsiyyon in MarchIsrael · 46 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 11.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Petaẖ Tiqva in MarchIsrael · 47 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 11.6°C · 41 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 Jerusalem) is explained once on the Jerusalem year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.