Climate averages 1991–2020

Nablus weather
in January.

A cool, wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.

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

Average high 13.2°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 4.4°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 107 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a cool month in Nablus: daytime highs average 13.2°C and nights cool to about 4.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 107 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 18 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Rosh Ha‘Ayin (32 km away). In January its highs average 17.4°C, 4.2°C warmer than Nablus, with 68 mm of rain.

Among the 5 cities listed in the Palestinian Territory, Nablus ranks 4th of 5 for the warmest January highs and 5th of 5 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 5 cities is 15.5°C; Nablus is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 14.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 107 mm to 101 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Nablus, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	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	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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Nablus

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 Nablus) is explained once on the Nablus year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.