Haifa weather by month & the best time to visit
🇮🇱 Israel · coastal city break · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Haifa is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with June and July close behind. Haifa averages about 3,334 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 2 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,334
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 99/100
- Rain / year
- 558 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 31°C / 88°F
- Population
- 1M
- Elevation
- Sea level
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When is the best time to visit Haifa?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Haifa is August, then June and July. The dullest month is January (56/100, 130 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Haifa?
Haifa is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,334 hours of sunshine a year. August (99/100) is noticeably better than January (56). It ranks #2 of 3 destinations in Israel for annual sunshine, right at the national median of 3,334 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 62% of the year's 558 mm falls in the three months around January.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56 | 17° / 63°F | 12° / 54°F | 130 mm | 3 | 20° / 68°F |
| February | 60 | 17° / 63°F | 12° / 54°F | 103 mm | 4 | 18° / 64°F |
| March | 81 | 19° / 66°F | 14° / 57°F | 59 mm | 6 | 19° / 66°F |
| April | 94 | 21° / 70°F | 15° / 59°F | 29 mm | 7 | 21° / 70°F |
| May | 97 | 25° / 77°F | 18° / 64°F | 12 mm | 9 | 24° / 75°F |
| June | 98 | 28° / 82°F | 22° / 72°F | 5 mm | 10 | 28° / 82°F |
| July | 98 | 30° / 86°F | 24° / 75°F | 3 mm | 11 | 30° / 86°F |
| August | 99 | 30° / 86°F | 25° / 77°F | 2 mm | 10 | 31° / 88°F |
| September | 98 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 5 mm | 8 | 30° / 86°F |
| October | 94 | 27° / 81°F | 22° / 72°F | 28 mm | 6 | 26° / 79°F |
| November | 87 | 23° / 73°F | 18° / 64°F | 67 mm | 3 | 22° / 72°F |
| December | 71 | 19° / 66°F | 14° / 57°F | 115 mm | 2 | 20° / 68°F |
Sea temperature in Haifa by month
The sea off Haifa is warmest in August at around 31°C / 88°F, and coolest in February at 18°C / 64°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 8 months a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Tel Aviv Israel · 90 km · best in May · 3,298 h sun/yr
- Beirut Lebanon · 120 km · best in Jun · 3,247 h sun/yr
- Amman Jordan · 150 km · best in May · 3,559 h sun/yr
- Damascus Syria · 153 km · best in May · 3,468 h sun/yr
- Larnaca Cyprus · 264 km · best in Jun · 3,200 h sun/yr
- Ercan (North Nicosia) Cyprus · 297 km · best in Jun · 3,011 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- El Arish Egypt · 226 km · 3,201 h sun/yr · best in May
- Gurayat Saudi Arabia · 262 km · 3,747 h sun/yr · best in Oct
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