Eilat climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Eilat?

Eilat has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.5 °C and it receives 31 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Eilat?

The hottest day measured in Eilat between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2025, reaching 44.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Eilat?

The coldest day measured in Eilat between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1942, at -2.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Eilat?

Almost never: Eilat sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Eilat warmed?

Yes: Eilat warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Eilat?

The wettest day measured in Eilat between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2010, with 32 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Eilat?

The windiest day measured in Eilat between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 2020, with winds reaching 34.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Eilat?

The warmest month in Eilat is July (29.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Eilat?

Eilat receives on average 31 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 8 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Eilat?

Eilat gets on average 11.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,161 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Eilat (Israel) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.5 °C and it receives 31 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is July (29.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Eilat averages 0 frost days, 166 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 8 rainy days per year.

Eilat has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 44.4 °C (on 14 August 2025) and the coldest -2.1 °C (on 7 January 1942).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

EilatSouthern District

coords: 29.56°, 34.95°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJune

Mean daily temperature

21.5°C

Average daily high

27.6°C

Average daily low

15.6°C

Annual rainfall

31mm

Sunshine / day

11.4h

Mean relative humidity

47%

Average peak wind

14.3km/h

Seasonal range

16.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

166 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

8 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

26.1 °C

Average feels-like low

14.7 °C

Average peak gust

34.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

103 d/yr

Solar radiation

22.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.1 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.57 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

44.4 °C

14 August 2025

Coldest day

-2.1 °C

7 January 1942

Wettest day

32 mm

18 January 2010

Windiest day

34.8 km/h

13 March 2020

Strongest gust

87.1 km/h

7 May 1992

Hottest feels-like

45.8 °C

14 August 2025

Coldest feels-like

-6.6 °C

7 January 1942

Snowiest day

0.2 cm

6 February 1950

Sunniest day

13.3 h

1 July 1941

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	44.4 °C14 August 2025	4.2 °C25 February 2025	23.1 °C	49 mm	196	0
2024	43.1 °C15 June 2024	6.1 °C27 November 2024	23.5 °C	20 mm	179	0
2023	41.8 °C8 September 2023	5.1 °C17 February 2023	23.1 °C	29 mm	177	0
2022	41.3 °C28 August 2022	3.6 °C18 January 2022	22.3 °C	44 mm	174	0
2021	40.8 °C3 July 2021	4.1 °C23 January 2021	22.9 °C	24 mm	194	0
2020	42.9 °C4 September 2020	3.4 °C26 January 2020	22.8 °C	61 mm	179	0
2019	41.6 °C23 May 2019	5.4 °C11 January 2019	22.7 °C	18 mm	179	0
2018	42.0 °C25 July 2018	5.4 °C31 January 2018	23.4 °C	22 mm	178	0
2017	41.4 °C3 July 2017	4.1 °C19 February 2017	22.5 °C	21 mm	168	0
2016	41.8 °C4 June 2016	2.3 °C29 January 2016	22.8 °C	16 mm	183	0
2015	41.4 °C17 August 2015	2.9 °C10 January 2015	22.5 °C	52 mm	183	0
2014	41.0 °C28 June 2014	4.9 °C8 January 2014	22.5 °C	60 mm	167	0
2013	41.1 °C2 June 2013	2.9 °C24 December 2013	22.2 °C	46 mm	178	0
2012	42.3 °C18 July 2012	3.7 °C20 February 2012	22.6 °C	13 mm	187	0
2011	41.9 °C30 July 2011	4.0 °C5 December 2011	21.6 °C	13 mm	160	0
2010	42.3 °C19 August 2010	3.3 °C7 February 2010	23.7 °C	47 mm	202	0
2009	39.9 °C1 July 2009	2.3 °C14 January 2009	22.3 °C	8 mm	178	0
2008	39.5 °C9 June 2008	-1.2 °C15 January 2008	22.1 °C	14 mm	170	2
2007	41.1 °C24 June 2007	2.3 °C2 January 2007	21.9 °C	16 mm	180	0
2006	40.2 °C10 September 2006	3.2 °C30 December 2006	21.6 °C	23 mm	169	0
2005	40.1 °C14 August 2005	2.8 °C27 December 2005	21.7 °C	19 mm	165	0
2004	40.4 °C15 July 2004	2.5 °C17 December 2004	21.7 °C	18 mm	181	0
2003	39.6 °C6 July 2003	3.9 °C21 December 2003	21.8 °C	27 mm	182	0
2002	41.9 °C8 June 2002	2.5 °C11 January 2002	21.8 °C	16 mm	164	0
2001	40.2 °C27 May 2001	2.1 °C28 January 2001	21.9 °C	7 mm	170	0
2000	43.2 °C29 July 2000	2.8 °C29 January 2000	21.3 °C	12 mm	163	0
1999	39.2 °C24 May 1999	2.5 °C3 December 1999	21.9 °C	12 mm	176	0
1998	41.4 °C9 August 1998	4.2 °C12 January 1998	22.3 °C	10 mm	174	0
1997	39.6 °C21 June 1997	2.7 °C6 February 1997	21.3 °C	25 mm	169	0
1996	42.3 °C4 July 1996	4.5 °C25 January 1996	21.9 °C	33 mm	172	0
1995	41.3 °C28 June 1995	4.6 °C20 January 1995	21.4 °C	15 mm	156	0
1994	39.8 °C15 June 1994	3.2 °C8 December 1994	21.7 °C	54 mm	176	0
1993	41.1 °C30 August 1993	0.9 °C18 January 1993	21.5 °C	22 mm	170	0
1992	40.1 °C4 September 1992	1.7 °C28 January 1992	20.4 °C	32 mm	153	0
1991	39.6 °C18 June 1991	3.1 °C18 December 1991	21.4 °C	50 mm	170	0
1990	40.6 °C4 August 1990	2.2 °C11 January 1990	21.4 °C	15 mm	168	0
1989	40.8 °C7 June 1989	1.0 °C4 February 1989	21.1 °C	22 mm	166	0
1988	40.2 °C15 May 1988	4.5 °C20 January 1988	21.5 °C	47 mm	162	0
1987	41.5 °C7 August 1987	4.2 °C12 January 1987	21.3 °C	17 mm	150	0
1986	40.3 °C17 September 1986	3.6 °C7 December 1986	21.3 °C	40 mm	160	0
1985	40.4 °C23 August 1985	3.8 °C4 March 1985	21.6 °C	25 mm	161	0
1984	41.9 °C26 May 1984	3.3 °C11 December 1984	21.1 °C	11 mm	170	0
1983	41.2 °C11 July 1983	1.9 °C29 January 1983	20.3 °C	10 mm	148	0
1982	38.5 °C29 June 1982	3.3 °C17 January 1982	20.4 °C	53 mm	149	0
1981	39.8 °C4 August 1981	4.4 °C14 January 1981	21.2 °C	13 mm	172	0
1980	41.6 °C1 June 1980	2.9 °C30 January 1980	21.5 °C	61 mm	174	0
1979	40.0 °C24 June 1979	4.3 °C6 January 1979	21.7 °C	22 mm	177	0
1978	41.6 °C8 July 1978	3.0 °C13 January 1978	21.5 °C	20 mm	171	0
1977	42.2 °C24 August 1977	3.3 °C10 January 1977	21.3 °C	25 mm	158	0
1976	39.6 °C8 June 1976	2.1 °C2 March 1976	20.9 °C	9 mm	170	0
1975	39.3 °C27 May 1975	3.4 °C15 January 1975	20.7 °C	60 mm	161	0
1974	40.5 °C19 June 1974	2.7 °C24 January 1974	21.0 °C	74 mm	172	0
1973	41.1 °C26 July 1973	0.2 °C3 January 1973	21.2 °C	15 mm	171	0
1972	39.3 °C17 September 1972	0.5 °C26 December 1972	20.9 °C	47 mm	171	0
1971	40.1 °C20 June 1971	3.3 °C20 December 1971	21.1 °C	87 mm	161	0
1970	43.0 °C21 May 1970	2.9 °C16 December 1970	21.2 °C	19 mm	159	0
1969	42.7 °C16 June 1969	4.5 °C29 January 1969	21.8 °C	48 mm	172	0
1968	40.9 °C14 August 1968	3.4 °C5 February 1968	21.2 °C	28 mm	162	0
1967	40.4 °C13 June 1967	0.2 °C22 January 1967	20.2 °C	45 mm	147	0
1966	40.6 °C3 June 1966	2.9 °C12 January 1966	21.4 °C	44 mm	162	0
1965	41.1 °C13 June 1965	3.9 °C19 December 1965	21.0 °C	48 mm	145	0
1964	40.2 °C30 May 1964	-0.4 °C20 January 1964	20.3 °C	25 mm	145	1
1963	40.2 °C7 June 1963	0.9 °C28 December 1963	21.8 °C	28 mm	163	0
1962	40.1 °C11 August 1962	4.6 °C16 January 1962	21.8 °C	13 mm	170	0
1961	43.9 °C7 June 1961	3.1 °C24 January 1961	20.6 °C	36 mm	144	0
1960	39.8 °C5 July 1960	2.8 °C25 January 1960	21.6 °C	24 mm	168	0
1959	40.0 °C10 June 1959	2.5 °C6 February 1959	20.1 °C	22 mm	145	0
1958	39.8 °C14 June 1958	3.2 °C4 February 1958	21.2 °C	9 mm	143	0
1957	39.9 °C21 August 1957	1.2 °C24 January 1957	21.2 °C	22 mm	158	0
1956	41.3 °C24 July 1956	3.3 °C21 January 1956	20.9 °C	17 mm	140	0
1955	40.3 °C11 June 1955	2.5 °C4 January 1955	21.2 °C	14 mm	163	0
1954	41.4 °C22 August 1954	3.0 °C14 January 1954	21.0 °C	35 mm	156	0
1953	40.9 °C22 July 1953	2.0 °C30 November 1953	20.5 °C	63 mm	154	0
1952	40.6 °C2 June 1952	3.8 °C31 December 1952	21.4 °C	30 mm	160	0
1951	39.1 °C17 May 1951	2.7 °C25 January 1951	20.9 °C	28 mm	156	0
1950	37.4 °C18 May 1950	-1.8 °C8 February 1950	20.8 °C	44 mm	155	3
1949	39.6 °C4 June 1949	0.8 °C7 January 1949	20.0 °C	48 mm	144	0
1948	39.9 °C15 June 1948	2.4 °C1 March 1948	20.1 °C	20 mm	141	0
1947	38.5 °C28 August 1947	3.7 °C5 February 1947	21.7 °C	24 mm	166	0
1946	39.2 °C25 May 1946	2.7 °C20 January 1946	21.2 °C	23 mm	161	0
1945	41.4 °C11 July 1945	1.3 °C1 March 1945	20.2 °C	22 mm	148	0
1944	43.1 °C14 June 1944	3.3 °C3 February 1944	21.0 °C	53 mm	165	0
1943	39.7 °C29 September 1943	3.6 °C8 March 1943	20.8 °C	46 mm	156	0
1942	40.8 °C22 June 1942	-2.1 °C7 January 1942	21.2 °C	66 mm	173	1
1941	39.9 °C25 May 1941	2.6 °C1 January 1941	21.5 °C	49 mm	167	0
1940	39.5 °C1 June 1940	3.3 °C17 December 1940	20.8 °C	19 mm	158	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.0 °C

+1.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

196 d/yr

+30

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

49 mm

+18 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	20.2 °C	+2.7 °C	2 mm	-6 mm
Feb	18.1 °C	-1.2 °C	0 mm	-7 mm
Mar	25.0 °C	+2.3 °C	10 mm	+5 mm
Apr	29.2 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
May	32.5 °C	+0.7 °C	4 mm	+3 mm
Jun	35.5 °C	+1.1 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Jul	37.6 °C	+2.1 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	37.4 °C	+1.8 °C	1 mm	+1 mm
Sep	33.9 °C	+0.6 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Oct	30.7 °C	+1.1 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Nov	28.0 °C	+3.9 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Dec	19.3 °C	+0.1 °C	32 mm	+26 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

44.4 °C

14 Aug 2025

Coldest day

4.2 °C

25 Feb 2025

Wettest day

20.0 mm

6 Dec 2025

Windiest day

22.0 km/h

20 May 2025

Strongest gust

52.6 km/h

30 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.8 °C

14 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

0.4 °C

25 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.2 h

3 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Eilat?

Eilat has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.5 °C and it receives 31 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Eilat?

The hottest day measured in Eilat between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2025, reaching 44.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Eilat?

The coldest day measured in Eilat between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1942, at -2.1 °C.

Does it snow in Eilat?

Almost never: Eilat sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Eilat warmed?

Yes: Eilat warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Eilat?

The wettest day measured in Eilat between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2010, with 32 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Eilat?

The windiest day measured in Eilat between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 2020, with winds reaching 34.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Eilat?

The warmest month in Eilat is July (29.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Eilat?

Eilat receives on average 31 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 8 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Eilat?

Eilat gets on average 11.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,161 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Eilat?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Eilat between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1950, with 0.2 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Eilat?

Yes: Eilat has on average 103 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Eilat?

In Eilat, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.8 °C on 14 August 2025, and the lowest was -6.6 °C on 7 January 1942.

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