Climate averages 1991–2020
Khān Yūnis 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 Khān Yūnis: daytime highs average 32.7°C and nights cool to about 22.8°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 17 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rafaḩ (8 km away). In August its highs average 32.2°C, 0.5°C cooler than Khān Yūnis, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 5 cities listed in the Palestinian Territory, Khān Yūnis ranks 2nd of 5 for the warmest August highs and joint 2nd of 5 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 5 cities is 32.6°C; Khān Yūnis is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.0 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
Khān Yūnis climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.3°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 35 | 8.2 | 10.410 h |
| February | 18.4°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 27 | 6.9 | 11.111 h |
| March | 21.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 19 | 4.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.3°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 7.4 | 2.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 28.5°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 3.2 | 0.8 | 13.714 h |
| June | 30.9°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 14.114 h |
| July | 32.5°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.014 h |
| August, selected | 32.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 31.3°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 28.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 9.0 | 2.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 23.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 16 | 4.5 | 10.611 h |
| December | 19.3°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 23 | 6.3 | 10.210 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
- Rafaḩ in AugustPalestinian Territory · 8 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Gaza in AugustPalestinian Territory · 24 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Ashkelon in AugustIsrael · 44 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Beersheba in AugustIsrael · 47 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 0 mm rain
- Arīsh in AugustEgypt · 54 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 22.6°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Ashdod in AugustIsrael · 60 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Hebron in AugustPalestinian Territory · 78 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Reẖovot in AugustIsrael · 78 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 0.4 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 Khān Yūnis) is explained once on the Khān Yūnis year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Rafaḩ lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.