Climate averages 1991–2020
Rafaḩ weather
in April.
A warm, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Rafaḩ: daytime highs average 24.8°C and nights cool to about 13.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.4 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes April a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 55 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khān Yūnis (8 km away). In April its highs average 25.3°C, about as warm as Rafaḩ, with 7.4 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in the Palestinian Territory, Rafaḩ ranks 2nd of 5 for the warmest April highs and joint 1st of 5 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 5 cities is 23.9°C; Rafaḩ is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 7.4 mm to 3.2 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Rafaḩ climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 35 | 8.2 | 10.410 h |
| February | 18.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 27 | 6.9 | 11.111 h |
| March | 21.2°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 19 | 4.5 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 24.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 7.4 | 2.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 27.9°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 3.2 | 0.8 | 13.714 h |
| June | 30.3°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.014 h |
| August | 32.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 28.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 9.0 | 2.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 23.8°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 16 | 4.5 | 10.611 h |
| December | 19.3°C10.5°C | 10.5°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
April in nearby cities
- Khān Yūnis in AprilPalestinian Territory · 8 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 13.5°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Gaza in AprilPalestinian Territory · 31 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Arīsh in AprilEgypt · 46 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.3°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Ashkelon in AprilIsrael · 52 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Beersheba in AprilIsrael · 52 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 12.5°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Ashdod in AprilIsrael · 67 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 13.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Hebron in AprilPalestinian Territory · 85 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 10.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Reẖovot in AprilIsrael · 85 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 13.8°C · 17 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 Rafaḩ) is explained once on the Rafaḩ year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Khān Yūnis lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.