Climate averages 1991–2020
Gaza weather
in January.
A mild, moderately 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 Gaza: daytime highs average 16.9°C and nights cool to about 9.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 77 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 21 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ashkelon (21 km away). In January its highs average 16.0°C, 0.9°C cooler than Gaza, with 125 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in the Palestinian Territory, Gaza ranks 3rd of 5 for the warmest January highs and 4th of 5 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 5 cities is 15.5°C; Gaza is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 17.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 77 mm to 60 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
Gaza climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Ashkelon in JanuaryIsrael · 21 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 9.6°C · 125 mm rain
- Khān Yūnis in JanuaryPalestinian Territory · 24 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 8.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Rafaḩ in JanuaryPalestinian Territory · 31 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 8.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Ashdod in JanuaryIsrael · 37 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 10.0°C · 63 mm rain
- Beersheba in JanuaryIsrael · 41 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 7.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Reẖovot in JanuaryIsrael · 55 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 9.9°C · 97 mm rain
- Bet Shemesh in JanuaryIsrael · 56 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 8.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Hebron in JanuaryPalestinian Territory · 60 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 5.1°C · 45 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.