Climate averages 1991–2020
Rishon LeTsiyyon weather
in January.
A mild, wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Rishon LeTsiyyon: daytime highs average 16.2°C and nights cool to about 10.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 19 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Reẖovot (9 km away). In January its highs average 16.3°C, about as warm as Rishon LeTsiyyon, with 97 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Israel, Rishon LeTsiyyon ranks joint 11th of 18 for the warmest January highs and joint 11th of 18 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 18 cities is 16.2°C; Rishon LeTsiyyon is level with that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 17.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 97 mm to 71 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
Rishon LeTsiyyon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 16.2°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 97 | 11.1 | 10.310 h |
| February | 17.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 71 | 8.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 19.6°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 40 | 6.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.1°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 17 | 2.7 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 5.3 | 1.2 | 13.814 h |
| June | 28.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 1.4 | 0.3 | 14.214 h |
| July | 30.2°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 14.014 h |
| August | 30.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| September | 29.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 17 | 3.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 22.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 46 | 6.0 | 10.611 h |
| December | 18.3°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 86 | 9.4 | 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
- Reẖovot in JanuaryIsrael · 9 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 9.9°C · 97 mm rain
- Lod in JanuaryIsrael · 10 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 9.6°C · 68 mm rain
- Tel Aviv in JanuaryIsrael · 12 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 10.2°C · 97 mm rain
- Petaẖ Tiqva in JanuaryIsrael · 16 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 9.6°C · 68 mm rain
- Rosh Ha‘Ayin in JanuaryIsrael · 21 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 9.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Herzliya in JanuaryIsrael · 22 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 10.1°C · 102 mm rain
- Modi‘in Makkabbim Re‘ut in JanuaryIsrael · 23 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 8.1°C · 68 mm rain
- Ashdod in JanuaryIsrael · 24 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 10.0°C · 63 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 Rishon LeTsiyyon) is explained once on the Rishon LeTsiyyon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Tel Aviv and Reẖovot lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.