Climate averages 1991–2020
Nablus 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 Nablus: daytime highs average 33.4°C and nights cool to about 20.3°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 20 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rosh Ha‘Ayin (32 km away). In August its highs average 33.2°C, about as warm as Nablus, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 5 cities listed in the Palestinian Territory, Nablus ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest August highs and 5th of 5 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 5 cities is 32.6°C; Nablus is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 4.6 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
Nablus climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.2°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 107 | 11.9 | 10.310 h |
| February | 14.3°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 101 | 11.0 | 11.011 h |
| March | 17.8°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 67 | 8.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 28 | 4.5 | 12.913 h |
| May | 27.5°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 12 | 2.5 | 13.814 h |
| June | 31.0°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 2.4 | 0.7 | 14.214 h |
| July | 33.1°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 14.014 h |
| August, selected | 33.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| September | 31.3°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 4.6 | 1.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.1°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 24 | 4.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 20.2°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 53 | 7.5 | 10.511 h |
| December | 15.1°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 86 | 10.0 | 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
- Rosh Ha‘Ayin in AugustIsrael · 32 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 23.0°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Kfar Saba in AugustIsrael · 33 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Petaẖ Tiqva in AugustIsrael · 38 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Netanya in AugustIsrael · 39 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Herzliya in AugustIsrael · 41 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Hadera in AugustIsrael · 41 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 22.7°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Modi‘in Makkabbim Re‘ut in AugustIsrael · 43 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 21.5°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Lod in AugustIsrael · 46 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 0.2 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 Nablus) is explained once on the Nablus year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.