Climate averages 1991–2020
Nazareth weather
in January.
A cool, wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Nazareth: daytime highs average 14.4°C and nights cool to about 6.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 113 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 16 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Haifa (31 km away). In January its highs average 15.9°C, 1.6°C warmer than Nazareth, with 134 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Israel, Nazareth ranks 17th of 18 for the warmest January highs and 16th of 18 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 18 cities is 16.2°C; Nazareth is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 15.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 113 mm to 98 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Haifa in JanuaryIsrael · 31 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 10.7°C · 134 mm rain
- Hadera in JanuaryIsrael · 47 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 9.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Nablus in JanuaryPalestinian Territory · 53 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 4.4°C · 107 mm rain
- Irbid in JanuaryJordan · 54 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 4.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Netanya in JanuaryIsrael · 58 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 9.6°C · 102 mm rain
- Tyre in JanuaryLebanon · 64 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 10.1°C · 193 mm rain
- Ar Ramthā in JanuaryJordan · 68 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 4.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Kfar Saba in JanuaryIsrael · 69 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 9.8°C · 73 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.