Climate averages 1991–2020
Hebron weather
in January.
A cool, 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 cool month in Hebron: daytime highs average 12.6°C and nights cool to about 5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 8 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 Bet Shemesh (24 km away). In January its highs average 16.5°C, 3.8°C warmer than Hebron, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in the Palestinian Territory, Hebron ranks 5th of 5 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 5 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 5 cities is 15.5°C; Hebron is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 13.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 45 mm to 39 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
Hebron climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 12.6°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 45 | 7.9 | 10.310 h |
| February | 13.8°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 39 | 7.7 | 11.011 h |
| March | 17.6°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 28 | 5.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.7°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 11 | 2.6 | 12.913 h |
| May | 27.3°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 6.3 | 1.5 | 13.714 h |
| June | 30.4°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 14.214 h |
| July | 32.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 32.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.1°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 11 | 2.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 19.4°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 18 | 4.5 | 10.611 h |
| December | 14.6°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 28 | 5.5 | 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
- Bet Shemesh in JanuaryIsrael · 24 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 8.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Jerusalem in JanuaryIsrael · 29 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 4.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Modi‘in Makkabbim Re‘ut in JanuaryIsrael · 41 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 8.1°C · 68 mm rain
- Beersheba in JanuaryIsrael · 42 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 7.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Reẖovot in JanuaryIsrael · 49 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 9.9°C · 97 mm rain
- Lod in JanuaryIsrael · 50 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 9.6°C · 68 mm rain
- Ashdod in JanuaryIsrael · 51 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 10.0°C · 63 mm rain
- Ashkelon in JanuaryIsrael · 52 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 9.6°C · 125 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 Hebron) is explained once on the Hebron year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.