Climate averages 1991–2020
Rafaḩ weather
in July.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Rafaḩ: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 58 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khān Yūnis (8 km away). In July its highs average 32.5°C, 0.6°C warmer than Rafaḩ, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 5 cities listed in the Palestinian Territory, Rafaḩ ranks 4th of 5 for the warmest July highs and joint 2nd of 5 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 5 cities is 32.3°C; Rafaḩ is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 32.2°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Khān Yūnis in JulyPalestinian Territory · 8 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Gaza in JulyPalestinian Territory · 31 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Arīsh in JulyEgypt · 46 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Ashkelon in JulyIsrael · 52 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Beersheba in JulyIsrael · 52 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 20.5°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Ashdod in JulyIsrael · 67 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Hebron in JulyPalestinian Territory · 85 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 19.1°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Reẖovot in JulyIsrael · 85 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 0.5 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.