According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Israel is March to April and October to November. Plan 10–14 days.
Best months for Israel
- Best months
- March to April and October to November
- How long to stay
- 10–14 days
- Continent
- Asia
What Israel is best for
Sacred heritage sites in Jerusalem, vibrant Mediterranean culinary life in Tel Aviv, and ancient Dead Sea landscapes.
- Prices
- €€€ · more expensive than in Slovakia
Weather in Israel by month
Monthly averages around Jerusalem; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about 11 °C | some rain (84 mm) |
| February | about 12 °C | some rain (66 mm) |
| March best | about 15 °C | some rain (36 mm) |
| April best | about 18 °C | little rain (21 mm) |
| May | about 22 °C | little rain (6 mm) |
| June | about 25 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
| July | about 27 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
| August | about 27 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
| September | about 26 °C | little rain (3 mm) |
| October best | about 23 °C | little rain (15 mm) |
| November best | about 18 °C | some rain (45 mm) |
| December | about 14 °C | some rain (81 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Israel
- Languages
- Hebrew and Arabic
- Currency
- Israeli New Shekel (ILS)
- Time
- UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
- Plugs
- Type C, D, H · 230 V
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +972
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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