Climate averages 1991–2020
Gaza 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 Gaza: daytime highs average 32.2°C and nights cool to about 23.7°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 18 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ashkelon (21 km away). In August its highs average 31.3°C, 1.0°C cooler than Gaza, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 5 cities listed in the Palestinian Territory, Gaza ranks joint 3rd of 5 for the warmest August highs and 4th of 5 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 5 cities is 32.6°C; Gaza is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.8 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
Gaza climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.9°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 77 | 9.5 | 10.310 h |
| February | 17.7°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 60 | 8.2 | 11.011 h |
| March | 20.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 37 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.8°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 12 | 2.9 | 12.913 h |
| May | 27.3°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 4.4 | 1.0 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.9°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 14.014 h |
| August, selected | 32.2°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 1.8 | 0.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 28.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 13 | 2.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 23.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 27 | 4.9 | 10.611 h |
| December | 18.9°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 53 | 7.4 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Ashkelon in AugustIsrael · 21 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Khān Yūnis in AugustPalestinian Territory · 24 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Rafaḩ in AugustPalestinian Territory · 31 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Ashdod in AugustIsrael · 37 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Beersheba in AugustIsrael · 41 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 0 mm rain
- Reẖovot in AugustIsrael · 55 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Bet Shemesh in AugustIsrael · 56 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Hebron in AugustPalestinian Territory · 60 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 0.1 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 Gaza) is explained once on the Gaza year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.