Climate averages 1991–2020
Nazareth weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Nazareth: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 15.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 49 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Haifa (31 km away). In May its highs average 24.2°C, 2.6°C cooler than Nazareth, with 8.0 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Israel, Nazareth ranks joint 12th of 18 for the warmest May highs and 18th of 18 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 18 cities is 27.4°C; Nazareth is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 11 mm to 3.2 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Haifa in MayIsrael · 31 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 17.2°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Hadera in MayIsrael · 47 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 16.9°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Nablus in MayPalestinian Territory · 53 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 13.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Irbid in MayJordan · 54 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Netanya in MayIsrael · 58 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Tyre in MayLebanon · 64 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Ar Ramthā in MayJordan · 68 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Kfar Saba in MayIsrael · 69 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 17.2°C · 6.9 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.