Climate averages 1991–2020
Nazareth weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Nazareth: daytime highs average 32.4°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 21 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Haifa (31 km away). In August its highs average 29.7°C, 2.7°C cooler than Nazareth, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 18 cities listed in Israel, Nazareth ranks joint 5th of 18 for the warmest August highs and 18th of 18 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 18 cities is 31.9°C; Nazareth is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 3.7 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Nazareth climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.4°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 113 | 12.2 | 10.310 h |
| February | 15.4°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 98 | 10.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 18.5°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 62 | 7.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.7°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 29 | 4.9 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 11 | 2.2 | 13.814 h |
| June | 29.9°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 3.2 | 1.0 | 14.314 h |
| July | 32.0°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 1.0 | 0.4 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 32.4°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.8°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 3.7 | 1.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 21 | 4.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 21.3°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 55 | 7.0 | 10.511 h |
| December | 16.3°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 91 | 9.6 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Haifa in AugustIsrael · 31 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Hadera in AugustIsrael · 47 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 22.7°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Nablus in AugustPalestinian Territory · 53 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Irbid in AugustJordan · 54 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 19.4°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Netanya in AugustIsrael · 58 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Tyre in AugustLebanon · 64 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Ar Ramthā in AugustJordan · 68 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Kfar Saba in AugustIsrael · 69 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 0.2 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 Nazareth) is explained once on the Nazareth year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.