Nablus climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Nablus?

Nablus has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.6 °C and it receives 503 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Nablus between 1940 and 2025 was 4 September 2020, reaching 41.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Nablus?

The coldest day measured in Nablus between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1950, at -4.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Nablus?

Almost never: Nablus sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Nablus warmed?

Yes: Nablus warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Nablus?

The wettest day measured in Nablus between 1940 and 2025 was 23 November 1955, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Nablus?

The windiest day measured in Nablus between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1990, with winds reaching 37.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Nablus?

The warmest month in Nablus is August (26.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Nablus?

Nablus receives on average 503 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 66 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Nablus?

Nablus gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Nablus (Palestine) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.6 °C and it receives 503 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 August (26.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (10.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Nablus averages 1 frost days, 125 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 66 rainy days per year.

Nablus has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.8 °C (on 4 September 2020) and the coldest -4.2 °C (on 8 February 1950).

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

NablusWest Bank

coords: 32.22°, 35.25°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

18.6°C

Average daily high

24.9°C

Average daily low

13.4°C

Annual rainfall

503mm

Sunshine / day

11.0h

Mean relative humidity

69%

Average peak wind

14.2km/h

Seasonal range

16.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

125 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

66 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.1 cm

Average feels-like high

25.2 °C

Average feels-like low

13.3 °C

Average peak gust

34.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

56 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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

41.8 °C

4 September 2020

Coldest day

-4.2 °C

8 February 1950

Wettest day

56 mm

23 November 1955

Windiest day

37.8 km/h

18 February 1990

Strongest gust

95.0 km/h

29 February 2012

Hottest feels-like

45.9 °C

20 August 2010

Coldest feels-like

-8.4 °C

8 February 1950

Snowiest day

1.4 cm

12 January 1998

Sunniest day

13.5 h

1 July 1951

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	39.8 °C17 May 2025	0.9 °C25 February 2025	20.4 °C	337 mm	153	0
2024	38.6 °C15 June 2024	4.0 °C1 February 2024	20.3 °C	468 mm	140	0
2023	39.6 °C8 September 2023	3.4 °C11 February 2023	20.3 °C	549 mm	142	0
2022	38.6 °C28 August 2022	-1.0 °C18 January 2022	19.5 °C	407 mm	141	1
2021	37.8 °C7 August 2021	2.0 °C22 January 2021	20.2 °C	361 mm	145	0
2020	41.8 °C4 September 2020	2.2 °C26 January 2020	20.0 °C	591 mm	151	0
2019	39.9 °C24 May 2019	3.1 °C22 December 2019	19.7 °C	589 mm	154	0
2018	40.7 °C25 July 2018	4.5 °C21 January 2018	20.5 °C	702 mm	146	0
2017	39.1 °C3 July 2017	1.0 °C2 February 2017	19.5 °C	267 mm	139	0
2016	38.6 °C16 May 2016	-0.1 °C26 November 2016	19.9 °C	467 mm	149	1
2015	41.3 °C2 August 2015	-0.3 °C6 December 2015	19.4 °C	479 mm	135	2
2014	38.5 °C28 June 2014	1.9 °C8 January 2014	19.4 °C	379 mm	121	0
2013	36.5 °C14 September 2013	0.2 °C17 December 2013	19.3 °C	450 mm	132	0
2012	38.8 °C18 July 2012	0.6 °C19 March 2012	19.6 °C	578 mm	150	0
2011	38.3 °C25 July 2011	1.1 °C6 December 2011	18.9 °C	561 mm	119	0
2010	40.6 °C20 August 2010	1.5 °C7 February 2010	20.8 °C	383 mm	157	0
2009	38.3 °C1 July 2009	-0.3 °C14 January 2009	19.4 °C	495 mm	145	1
2008	37.9 °C24 April 2008	-2.9 °C16 January 2008	19.3 °C	375 mm	145	6
2007	38.8 °C28 July 2007	2.0 °C11 January 2007	19.1 °C	465 mm	135	0
2006	38.4 °C29 September 2006	1.2 °C29 December 2006	18.6 °C	445 mm	128	0
2005	37.2 °C15 August 2005	1.1 °C10 February 2005	18.7 °C	435 mm	126	0
2004	38.6 °C14 July 2004	0.4 °C18 December 2004	19.0 °C	443 mm	138	0
2003	38.9 °C29 May 2003	3.4 °C1 March 2003	19.2 °C	595 mm	153	0
2002	41.1 °C31 July 2002	2.3 °C19 January 2002	19.4 °C	552 mm	130	0
2001	39.0 °C2 June 2001	0.9 °C28 January 2001	19.6 °C	376 mm	148	0
2000	39.5 °C30 July 2000	2.7 °C31 January 2000	18.9 °C	436 mm	129	0
1999	38.8 °C23 May 1999	2.5 °C2 December 1999	19.5 °C	256 mm	133	0
1998	39.7 °C9 August 1998	0.5 °C10 January 1998	19.5 °C	459 mm	138	0
1997	37.3 °C8 June 1997	-0.3 °C8 February 1997	18.5 °C	593 mm	126	2
1996	39.0 °C6 September 1996	2.7 °C3 February 1996	18.9 °C	583 mm	129	0
1995	37.8 °C23 May 1995	3.3 °C16 December 1995	18.4 °C	317 mm	126	0
1994	38.9 °C13 September 1994	1.4 °C10 December 1994	18.9 °C	689 mm	131	0
1993	38.5 °C30 August 1993	-3.0 °C18 January 1993	18.2 °C	334 mm	124	3
1992	35.6 °C28 May 1992	-2.0 °C27 January 1992	17.1 °C	643 mm	90	7
1991	34.3 °C8 May 1991	0.6 °C27 January 1991	18.2 °C	612 mm	106	0
1990	36.0 °C27 May 1990	-2.3 °C25 January 1990	18.1 °C	389 mm	119	1
1989	36.9 °C14 June 1989	-1.4 °C3 February 1989	18.0 °C	351 mm	130	4
1988	38.7 °C15 May 1988	0.3 °C15 November 1988	18.2 °C	627 mm	128	0
1987	37.9 °C15 September 1987	1.3 °C8 January 1987	18.0 °C	505 mm	124	0
1986	37.8 °C18 September 1986	0.7 °C8 December 1986	18.1 °C	527 mm	115	0
1985	38.3 °C3 June 1985	-0.3 °C2 March 1985	18.2 °C	408 mm	121	1
1984	35.3 °C18 July 1984	0.2 °C11 December 1984	17.7 °C	508 mm	124	0
1983	39.5 °C11 July 1983	-0.2 °C29 January 1983	17.5 °C	554 mm	103	1
1982	35.7 °C12 August 1982	0.2 °C17 January 1982	17.4 °C	460 mm	109	0
1981	36.3 °C27 July 1981	1.2 °C25 January 1981	18.0 °C	461 mm	121	0
1980	39.9 °C31 May 1980	0.8 °C31 January 1980	18.2 °C	599 mm	116	0
1979	37.3 °C24 June 1979	3.2 °C23 December 1979	18.6 °C	495 mm	117	0
1978	39.3 °C8 July 1978	1.6 °C16 January 1978	18.3 °C	414 mm	121	0
1977	39.2 °C24 August 1977	1.1 °C15 January 1977	18.2 °C	523 mm	127	0
1976	35.0 °C8 October 1976	-1.3 °C2 March 1976	17.9 °C	395 mm	109	2
1975	36.5 °C11 June 1975	0.8 °C12 February 1975	18.0 °C	463 mm	103	0
1974	37.0 °C27 September 1974	0.2 °C24 January 1974	18.2 °C	592 mm	129	0
1973	38.0 °C21 July 1973	-1.8 °C2 January 1973	18.0 °C	414 mm	128	3
1972	38.0 °C17 September 1972	-2.0 °C25 December 1972	17.7 °C	594 mm	100	4
1971	36.4 °C19 June 1971	0.3 °C17 December 1971	17.9 °C	821 mm	96	0
1970	40.1 °C21 May 1970	-0.1 °C16 December 1970	18.1 °C	510 mm	97	1
1969	38.4 °C1 June 1969	3.5 °C30 January 1969	18.4 °C	648 mm	105	0
1968	38.9 °C14 August 1968	0.7 °C2 February 1968	18.4 °C	565 mm	100	0
1967	35.8 °C21 June 1967	-2.1 °C24 January 1967	17.5 °C	652 mm	81	4
1966	39.5 °C3 June 1966	2.1 °C14 January 1966	18.9 °C	489 mm	106	0
1965	39.7 °C13 June 1965	2.4 °C3 February 1965	18.4 °C	478 mm	121	0
1964	37.3 °C30 May 1964	-2.4 °C21 January 1964	17.7 °C	547 mm	95	3
1963	38.0 °C7 June 1963	-0.3 °C28 December 1963	18.9 °C	489 mm	126	1
1962	38.3 °C11 June 1962	2.4 °C23 February 1962	19.1 °C	374 mm	131	0
1961	40.4 °C7 June 1961	0.7 °C25 November 1961	17.9 °C	565 mm	103	0
1960	37.4 °C5 July 1960	1.9 °C25 January 1960	19.2 °C	347 mm	131	0
1959	38.1 °C10 June 1959	-1.3 °C28 February 1959	17.4 °C	389 mm	94	3
1958	37.9 °C24 August 1958	1.4 °C1 February 1958	18.8 °C	302 mm	106	0
1957	37.8 °C29 May 1957	-1.8 °C24 January 1957	18.2 °C	739 mm	111	2
1956	39.6 °C24 July 1956	0.4 °C17 December 1956	18.1 °C	493 mm	97	0
1955	36.3 °C12 June 1955	2.3 °C6 January 1955	18.8 °C	468 mm	132	0
1954	38.5 °C22 August 1954	0.7 °C14 January 1954	18.4 °C	573 mm	120	0
1953	37.3 °C26 September 1953	0.1 °C12 December 1953	17.6 °C	882 mm	111	0
1952	38.8 °C23 August 1952	2.1 °C4 March 1952	18.6 °C	465 mm	115	0
1951	37.0 °C10 September 1951	2.2 °C18 January 1951	18.7 °C	584 mm	118	0
1950	36.6 °C18 May 1950	-4.2 °C8 February 1950	18.1 °C	447 mm	130	8
1949	34.9 °C10 May 1949	-2.6 °C9 January 1949	17.3 °C	736 mm	102	8
1948	36.8 °C27 August 1948	0.2 °C1 March 1948	17.5 °C	644 mm	116	0
1947	37.6 °C28 August 1947	1.9 °C27 December 1947	19.0 °C	483 mm	140	0
1946	40.5 °C8 September 1946	0.4 °C25 January 1946	18.6 °C	438 mm	132	0
1945	39.6 °C16 August 1945	-0.2 °C26 January 1945	17.8 °C	548 mm	125	1
1944	41.7 °C14 June 1944	0.5 °C17 January 1944	18.3 °C	586 mm	137	0
1943	40.2 °C30 September 1943	0.7 °C7 March 1943	18.2 °C	498 mm	129	0
1942	41.0 °C6 May 1942	-3.0 °C7 January 1942	18.4 °C	505 mm	141	4
1941	40.3 °C25 May 1941	2.8 °C5 January 1941	18.9 °C	586 mm	146	0
1940	40.2 °C2 June 1940	1.7 °C16 January 1940	18.4 °C	462 mm	124	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.4 °C

+1.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

153 d/yr

+28

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-1

Annual rainfall

337 mm

-166 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	18.0 °C	+2.8 °C	28 mm	-78 mm
Feb	14.8 °C	-1.5 °C	73 mm	-22 mm
Mar	22.5 °C	+3.4 °C	25 mm	-57 mm
Apr	25.5 °C	+2.0 °C	8 mm	-27 mm
May	29.2 °C	+1.3 °C	10 mm	-1 mm
Jun	31.9 °C	+0.8 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Jul	34.1 °C	+1.2 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Aug	34.1 °C	+0.8 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	32.2 °C	+0.5 °C	5 mm	+2 mm
Oct	29.4 °C	+1.2 °C	3 mm	-21 mm
Nov	26.1 °C	+3.8 °C	64 mm	+9 mm
Dec	18.1 °C	+1.1 °C	121 mm	+33 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.8 °C

17 May 2025

Coldest day

0.9 °C

25 Feb 2025

Wettest day

35.4 mm

27 Dec 2025

Windiest day

30.6 km/h

6 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

69.5 km/h

6 Feb 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.4 °C

13 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-2.1 °C

25 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.5 h

25 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Nablus?

Nablus has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.6 °C and it receives 503 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nablus?

The hottest day measured in Nablus between 1940 and 2025 was 4 September 2020, reaching 41.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Nablus?

The coldest day measured in Nablus between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1950, at -4.2 °C.

Does it snow in Nablus?

Almost never: Nablus sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Nablus warmed?

Yes: Nablus warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Nablus?

The wettest day measured in Nablus between 1940 and 2025 was 23 November 1955, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Nablus?

The windiest day measured in Nablus between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1990, with winds reaching 37.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Nablus?

The warmest month in Nablus is August (26.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Nablus?

Nablus receives on average 503 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 66 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Nablus?

Nablus gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Nablus?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Nablus between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1998, with 1.4 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Nablus?

Yes: Nablus has on average 56 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nablus?

In Nablus, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.9 °C on 20 August 2010, and the lowest was -8.4 °C on 8 February 1950.

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