Climate averages 1991–2020

Khān Yūnis weather
in October.

A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.6°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 18.9°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 9.0 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Khān Yūnis · average highYear overview

October is a hot month in Khān Yūnis: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 18.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 9.0 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 26 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Rafaḩ (8 km away). In October its highs average 28.3°C, about as warm as Khān Yūnis, with 9.0 mm of rain.

Among the 5 cities listed in the Palestinian Territory, Khān Yūnis ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest October highs and joint 1st of 5 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 5 cities is 27.6°C; Khān Yūnis is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.0 mm to 16 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 5101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Khān Yūnis, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 17.3°C8.6°C8.6°C358.210.410 h
February 18.4°C9.0°C9.0°C276.911.111 h
March 21.5°C11.0°C11.0°C194.512.012 h
April 25.3°C13.5°C13.5°C7.42.212.913 h
May 28.5°C16.7°C16.7°C3.20.813.714 h
June 30.9°C19.9°C19.9°C0.50.214.114 h
July 32.5°C22.2°C22.2°C0.30.114.014 h
August 32.7°C22.8°C22.8°C0.20.013.313 h
September 31.3°C21.5°C21.5°C1.00.312.412 h
October, selected 28.6°C18.9°C18.9°C9.02.311.411 h
November 23.9°C14.4°C14.4°C164.510.611 h
December 19.3°C10.4°C10.4°C236.310.210 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

October in nearby cities

Distance from Khān Yūnis

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 limits

How 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.