Eilat weather by month & the best time to visit
🇮🇱 Israel · small town · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Eilat is March — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with April and November close behind. Eilat averages about 4,012 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 5 mm of rain in March.
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- Sun hours / year
- 4,012
- Sunniest month
- March
- Peak score
- 99/100
- Rain / year
- 45 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 52k
- Elevation
- 84 m

When is the best time to visit Eilat?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Eilat is March, then April and November. The dullest month is July (20/100, 0 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Eilat?
Eilat is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 4,012 hours of sunshine a year. 79 Sunshine Score points separate March (99) from July (20), so the month you pick matters. Eilat is the sunniest of the 3 destinations tracked in Israel. Rain is a non-event in Eilat — about 45 mm in a typical year.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 98 | 20° / 68°F | 8° / 46°F | 9 mm | 4 |
| February | 98 | 23° / 73°F | 10° / 50°F | 10 mm | 5 |
| March | 99 | 27° / 81°F | 12° / 54°F | 5 mm | 7 |
| April | 99 | 31° / 88°F | 16° / 61°F | 4 mm | 8 |
| May | 60 | 36° / 97°F | 20° / 68°F | 1 mm | 9 |
| June | 30 | 39° / 102°F | 22° / 72°F | 0 mm | 10 |
| July | 20 | 40° / 104°F | 24° / 75°F | 0 mm | 10 |
| August | 20 | 40° / 104°F | 24° / 75°F | 0 mm | 10 |
| September | 40 | 38° / 100°F | 22° / 72°F | 2 mm | 8 |
| October | 90 | 33° / 91°F | 19° / 66°F | 3 mm | 6 |
| November | 99 | 27° / 81°F | 15° / 59°F | 6 mm | 4 |
| December | 99 | 22° / 72°F | 10° / 50°F | 5 mm | 3 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Sharm El Sheikh Egypt · 204 km · best in Jan · 3,742 h sun/yr
- Tabuk Saudi Arabia · 217 km · best in Feb · 4,052 h sun/yr
- Amman Jordan · 241 km · best in May · 3,559 h sun/yr
- Tel Aviv Israel · 254 km · best in May · 3,298 h sun/yr
- Hurghada Egypt · 308 km · best in Jan · 3,879 h sun/yr
- Cairo Egypt · 351 km · best in Feb · 3,501 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Aqaba Jordan · 13 km · 4,011 h sun/yr · best in Mar
- Taba Egypt · 27 km · 3,933 h sun/yr · best in May
- El Arish Egypt · 186 km · 3,201 h sun/yr · best in May
- Sharma Saudi Arabia · 202 km · 3,907 h sun/yr · best in Feb
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