Tel Aviv weather by month & the best time to visit
🇮🇱 Israel · major coastal city · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Tel Aviv is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 98/100), with October and April close behind. Tel Aviv averages about 3,298 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 5 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,298
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 98/100
- Rain / year
- 360 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 31°C / 88°F
- Population
- 3.1M
- Elevation
- 36 m
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When is the best time to visit Tel Aviv?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Tel Aviv is May, then October and April. The dullest month is January (62/100, 88 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Tel Aviv?
Tel Aviv is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,298 hours of sunshine a year. May (98/100) is noticeably better than January (62). It ranks #3 of 3 destinations in Israel for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,334 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 65% of the year's 360 mm falls in the three months around January.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62 | 17° / 63°F | 9° / 48°F | 88 mm | 3 | 20° / 68°F |
| February | 80 | 19° / 66°F | 9° / 48°F | 62 mm | 4 | 18° / 64°F |
| March | 92 | 22° / 72°F | 11° / 52°F | 37 mm | 6 | 19° / 66°F |
| April | 95 | 26° / 79°F | 13° / 55°F | 21 mm | 7 | 22° / 72°F |
| May | 98 | 30° / 86°F | 17° / 63°F | 5 mm | 9 | 24° / 75°F |
| June | 89 | 33° / 91°F | 20° / 68°F | 1 mm | 11 | 28° / 82°F |
| July | 69 | 35° / 95°F | 22° / 72°F | 1 mm | 11 | 30° / 86°F |
| August | 69 | 35° / 95°F | 23° / 73°F | 0 mm | 10 | 31° / 88°F |
| September | 89 | 33° / 91°F | 21° / 70°F | 2 mm | 8 | 30° / 86°F |
| October | 96 | 30° / 86°F | 19° / 66°F | 14 mm | 6 | 27° / 81°F |
| November | 90 | 25° / 77°F | 14° / 57°F | 46 mm | 4 | 23° / 73°F |
| December | 83 | 20° / 68°F | 10° / 50°F | 83 mm | 2 | 21° / 70°F |
Sea temperature in Tel Aviv by month
The sea off Tel Aviv 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 9 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
- Amman Jordan · 109 km · best in May · 3,559 h sun/yr
- Beirut Lebanon · 209 km · best in Jun · 3,247 h sun/yr
- Damascus Syria · 218 km · best in May · 3,468 h sun/yr
- Larnaca Cyprus · 339 km · best in Jun · 3,200 h sun/yr
- Ercan (North Nicosia) Cyprus · 372 km · best in Jun · 3,011 h sun/yr
- Paphos Cyprus · 375 km · best in Jul · 3,248 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Haifa Israel · 90 km · 3,334 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- El Arish Egypt · 146 km · 3,201 h sun/yr · best in May
- Gurayat Saudi Arabia · 236 km · 3,747 h sun/yr · best in Oct
Head-to-head
How Tel Aviv compares month by month: Tel Aviv vs Damascus · Tel Aviv vs Beirut · Tel Aviv vs Amman · all comparisons
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