Climate averages 1991–2020
Rafaḩ weather
in October.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Rafaḩ: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.0 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 26 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khān Yūnis (8 km away). In October its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Rafaḩ, with 9.0 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in the Palestinian Territory, Rafaḩ ranks 2nd of 5 for the warmest October highs and joint 1st of 5 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 5 cities is 27.6°C; Rafaḩ is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.5°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.0 mm to 16 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Khān Yūnis in OctoberPalestinian Territory · 8 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.9°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Gaza in OctoberPalestinian Territory · 31 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Arīsh in OctoberEgypt · 46 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Ashkelon in OctoberIsrael · 52 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Beersheba in OctoberIsrael · 52 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 5.0 mm rain
- Ashdod in OctoberIsrael · 67 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.9°C · 8.6 mm rain
- Hebron in OctoberPalestinian Territory · 85 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Reẖovot in OctoberIsrael · 85 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.6°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.