Climate averages 1991–2020
Rafaḩ weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Rafaḩ: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 44 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khān Yūnis (8 km away). In May its highs average 28.5°C, 0.6°C warmer than Rafaḩ, with 3.2 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in the Palestinian Territory, Rafaḩ ranks 2nd of 5 for the warmest May highs and joint 1st of 5 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 5 cities is 27.7°C; Rafaḩ is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.2 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Khān Yūnis in MayPalestinian Territory · 8 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Gaza in MayPalestinian Territory · 31 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.4°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Arīsh in MayEgypt · 46 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Ashkelon in MayIsrael · 52 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.0°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Beersheba in MayIsrael · 52 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Ashdod in MayIsrael · 67 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.2°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Hebron in MayPalestinian Territory · 85 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 14.4°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Reẖovot in MayIsrael · 85 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.9°C · 5.3 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.