Ramallah climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Ramallah?

Ramallah has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 465 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Ramallah between 1940 and 2025 was 4 September 2020, reaching 42.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Ramallah?

The coldest day measured in Ramallah between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1950, at -5.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Ramallah?

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

Q: Has the climate of Ramallah warmed?

Yes: Ramallah warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Ramallah?

The wettest day measured in Ramallah between 1940 and 2025 was 6 December 1971, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Ramallah?

The windiest day measured in Ramallah between 1940 and 2025 was 29 February 2012, with winds reaching 39.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Ramallah?

The warmest month in Ramallah is August (26.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Ramallah?

Ramallah receives on average 465 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 62 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Ramallah?

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

Ramallah (Palestine) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 465 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 (26.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (10.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Ramallah averages 1 frost days, 123 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 62 rainy days per year.

Ramallah has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 42.0 °C (on 4 September 2020) and the coldest -5.5 °C (on 7 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

RamallahWest Bank

coords: 31.90°, 35.20°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

18.5°C

Average daily high

24.7°C

Average daily low

13.3°C

Annual rainfall

465mm

Sunshine / day

11.0h

Mean relative humidity

66%

Average peak wind

13.8km/h

Seasonal range

16.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

123 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

62 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.2 cm

Average feels-like high

25.0 °C

Average feels-like low

13.0 °C

Average peak gust

32.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

49 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.7 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · 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

42.0 °C

4 September 2020

Coldest day

-5.5 °C

7 February 1950

Wettest day

56 mm

6 December 1971

Windiest day

39.0 km/h

29 February 2012

Strongest gust

95.4 km/h

29 February 2012

Hottest feels-like

46.0 °C

20 August 2010

Coldest feels-like

-9.1 °C

7 February 1950

Snowiest day

2.5 cm

5 February 1950

Sunniest day

13.5 h

2 July 1943

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	40.0 °C13 August 2025	-0.1 °C25 February 2025	20.1 °C	346 mm	150	1
2024	38.9 °C15 June 2024	3.8 °C1 February 2024	20.0 °C	404 mm	138	0
2023	39.4 °C8 September 2023	3.0 °C11 February 2023	20.3 °C	518 mm	139	0
2022	39.4 °C28 August 2022	0.6 °C18 January 2022	19.5 °C	387 mm	143	0
2021	38.0 °C7 August 2021	2.2 °C22 January 2021	20.2 °C	336 mm	144	0
2020	42.0 °C4 September 2020	2.5 °C26 January 2020	19.9 °C	559 mm	152	0
2019	39.8 °C24 May 2019	3.4 °C12 January 2019	19.6 °C	554 mm	157	0
2018	40.6 °C25 July 2018	4.9 °C9 January 2018	20.4 °C	649 mm	145	0
2017	39.5 °C3 July 2017	1.5 °C2 February 2017	19.5 °C	275 mm	137	0
2016	38.7 °C16 May 2016	0.2 °C28 January 2016	19.8 °C	408 mm	148	0
2015	41.2 °C2 August 2015	-0.3 °C6 December 2015	19.3 °C	458 mm	133	2
2014	38.9 °C28 June 2014	1.9 °C8 January 2014	19.3 °C	366 mm	119	0
2013	36.5 °C14 September 2013	0.7 °C15 December 2013	19.2 °C	412 mm	132	0
2012	39.4 °C18 July 2012	0.6 °C19 March 2012	19.5 °C	527 mm	154	0
2011	38.4 °C25 July 2011	1.8 °C6 December 2011	18.9 °C	537 mm	124	0
2010	41.1 °C20 August 2010	1.8 °C6 February 2010	20.9 °C	355 mm	155	0
2009	38.5 °C1 July 2009	0.3 °C14 January 2009	19.4 °C	439 mm	147	0
2008	37.9 °C24 April 2008	-2.0 °C18 January 2008	19.3 °C	338 mm	146	6
2007	39.1 °C28 July 2007	2.2 °C11 January 2007	19.0 °C	427 mm	134	0
2006	37.8 °C29 September 2006	1.5 °C29 December 2006	18.5 °C	408 mm	126	0
2005	37.7 °C15 August 2005	0.7 °C11 February 2005	18.6 °C	413 mm	125	0
2004	38.7 °C14 July 2004	0.4 °C18 December 2004	18.9 °C	408 mm	130	0
2003	39.2 °C29 May 2003	3.2 °C1 March 2003	19.0 °C	515 mm	148	0
2002	40.8 °C31 July 2002	3.3 °C19 January 2002	19.3 °C	555 mm	129	0
2001	38.4 °C2 June 2001	3.4 °C28 January 2001	19.4 °C	373 mm	143	0
2000	39.7 °C30 July 2000	2.6 °C28 January 2000	18.7 °C	409 mm	129	0
1999	38.3 °C23 May 1999	3.6 °C29 November 1999	19.4 °C	240 mm	132	0
1998	39.7 °C9 August 1998	1.8 °C12 January 1998	19.4 °C	434 mm	137	0
1997	37.4 °C8 June 1997	-0.2 °C9 February 1997	18.4 °C	562 mm	125	2
1996	38.8 °C6 September 1996	2.4 °C3 February 1996	18.7 °C	514 mm	127	0
1995	37.1 °C2 July 1995	3.1 °C21 January 1995	18.3 °C	286 mm	125	0
1994	37.5 °C13 September 1994	2.2 °C10 December 1994	18.7 °C	653 mm	132	0
1993	38.4 °C30 August 1993	-0.6 °C18 January 1993	18.1 °C	310 mm	116	1
1992	35.6 °C28 May 1992	-1.8 °C27 January 1992	16.9 °C	635 mm	87	3
1991	34.3 °C8 May 1991	0.9 °C27 January 1991	18.1 °C	566 mm	99	0
1990	35.9 °C27 May 1990	-2.2 °C25 January 1990	18.0 °C	380 mm	111	1
1989	36.6 °C14 June 1989	-0.9 °C3 February 1989	17.9 °C	336 mm	128	2
1988	38.4 °C15 May 1988	1.0 °C15 November 1988	18.1 °C	585 mm	126	0
1987	37.9 °C7 August 1987	1.2 °C28 January 1987	17.9 °C	476 mm	120	0
1986	37.8 °C17 September 1986	1.1 °C24 January 1986	18.1 °C	492 mm	116	0
1985	37.8 °C3 June 1985	-0.2 °C2 March 1985	18.2 °C	387 mm	120	1
1984	35.1 °C18 July 1984	2.3 °C11 December 1984	17.6 °C	451 mm	121	0
1983	39.3 °C11 July 1983	0.7 °C29 January 1983	17.3 °C	507 mm	100	0
1982	35.5 °C12 August 1982	0.4 °C17 January 1982	17.3 °C	444 mm	101	0
1981	36.1 °C27 July 1981	1.8 °C25 January 1981	17.9 °C	400 mm	121	0
1980	39.3 °C31 May 1980	0.7 °C31 January 1980	18.1 °C	547 mm	116	0
1979	37.0 °C24 June 1979	3.1 °C6 January 1979	18.6 °C	462 mm	114	0
1978	39.3 °C8 July 1978	2.1 °C15 January 1978	18.2 °C	366 mm	119	0
1977	39.2 °C24 August 1977	2.0 °C7 January 1977	18.1 °C	470 mm	128	0
1976	35.0 °C8 June 1976	-0.8 °C2 March 1976	17.8 °C	337 mm	111	1
1975	35.9 °C11 June 1975	1.3 °C12 February 1975	17.9 °C	428 mm	104	0
1974	36.4 °C27 September 1974	0.5 °C24 January 1974	18.1 °C	573 mm	129	0
1973	37.9 °C21 July 1973	0.2 °C2 January 1973	18.0 °C	363 mm	126	0
1972	37.3 °C17 September 1972	-1.8 °C25 December 1972	17.6 °C	573 mm	102	3
1971	36.0 °C20 June 1971	0.4 °C17 December 1971	17.8 °C	767 mm	98	0
1970	40.0 °C21 May 1970	1.2 °C16 December 1970	18.0 °C	467 mm	97	0
1969	38.3 °C1 June 1969	3.4 °C30 January 1969	18.4 °C	635 mm	105	0
1968	38.7 °C14 August 1968	1.0 °C2 February 1968	18.3 °C	500 mm	100	0
1967	35.9 °C21 June 1967	-1.2 °C23 January 1967	17.3 °C	635 mm	86	4
1966	39.2 °C3 June 1966	2.2 °C23 March 1966	18.8 °C	469 mm	103	0
1965	39.2 °C13 June 1965	3.1 °C24 February 1965	18.4 °C	431 mm	120	0
1964	36.8 °C30 May 1964	-2.3 °C19 January 1964	17.5 °C	497 mm	89	3
1963	38.0 °C7 June 1963	0.7 °C28 December 1963	18.9 °C	456 mm	123	0
1962	37.9 °C11 June 1962	2.7 °C22 February 1962	19.0 °C	317 mm	131	0
1961	40.4 °C7 June 1961	0.5 °C1 March 1961	17.7 °C	486 mm	100	0
1960	37.1 °C5 July 1960	1.7 °C25 January 1960	19.0 °C	334 mm	123	0
1959	37.7 °C10 June 1959	-1.3 °C28 February 1959	17.4 °C	356 mm	92	3
1958	37.9 °C24 August 1958	1.7 °C1 February 1958	18.7 °C	261 mm	103	0
1957	37.4 °C29 May 1957	-1.2 °C24 January 1957	18.2 °C	669 mm	107	1
1956	39.2 °C24 July 1956	0.9 °C17 December 1956	18.1 °C	476 mm	95	0
1955	36.7 °C11 June 1955	3.6 °C4 December 1955	18.8 °C	411 mm	131	0
1954	39.0 °C22 August 1954	0.7 °C14 January 1954	18.4 °C	516 mm	122	0
1953	37.6 °C26 September 1953	1.0 °C12 December 1953	17.6 °C	818 mm	111	0
1952	39.6 °C23 August 1952	2.9 °C4 March 1952	18.6 °C	439 mm	116	0
1951	37.1 °C10 September 1951	2.6 °C26 December 1951	18.6 °C	523 mm	119	0
1950	36.4 °C18 May 1950	-5.5 °C7 February 1950	18.1 °C	402 mm	129	8
1949	35.2 °C7 August 1949	-1.8 °C6 January 1949	17.3 °C	710 mm	103	4
1948	36.9 °C4 July 1948	0.7 °C31 December 1948	17.5 °C	570 mm	116	0
1947	37.5 °C28 August 1947	2.1 °C27 December 1947	19.0 °C	412 mm	143	0
1946	39.3 °C8 September 1946	0.7 °C25 January 1946	18.6 °C	404 mm	131	0
1945	39.9 °C11 July 1945	0.5 °C24 December 1945	17.8 °C	496 mm	126	0
1944	41.8 °C14 June 1944	1.2 °C17 January 1944	18.3 °C	511 mm	138	0
1943	39.7 °C30 September 1943	0.5 °C7 March 1943	18.2 °C	462 mm	128	0
1942	40.6 °C6 May 1942	-3.3 °C7 January 1942	18.4 °C	466 mm	143	4
1941	40.0 °C25 May 1941	2.9 °C5 January 1941	18.9 °C	528 mm	147	0
1940	39.7 °C1 June 1940	1.7 °C16 January 1940	18.4 °C	429 mm	125	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.3 °C

+1.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

150 d/yr

+27

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Annual rainfall

347 mm

-119 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	17.5 °C	+2.6 °C	29 mm	-68 mm
Feb	14.4 °C	-1.6 °C	82 mm	-6 mm
Mar	22.0 °C	+3.1 °C	29 mm	-49 mm
Apr	25.5 °C	+2.1 °C	8 mm	-23 mm
May	29.3 °C	+1.4 °C	10 mm	-0 mm
Jun	32.1 °C	+1.0 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Jul	34.3 °C	+1.3 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Aug	34.2 °C	+0.9 °C	1 mm	+1 mm
Sep	32.3 °C	+0.7 °C	4 mm	+1 mm
Oct	29.3 °C	+1.3 °C	3 mm	-21 mm
Nov	25.7 °C	+3.7 °C	61 mm	+9 mm
Dec	17.7 °C	+1.0 °C	120 mm	+39 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.0 °C

13 Aug 2025

Coldest day

-0.1 °C

25 Feb 2025

Wettest day

29.9 mm

27 Dec 2025

Windiest day

32.4 km/h

6 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

69.5 km/h

20 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.1 °C

13 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-3.2 °C

25 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.5 h

29 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Ramallah?

Ramallah has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 465 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ramallah?

The hottest day measured in Ramallah between 1940 and 2025 was 4 September 2020, reaching 42.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Ramallah?

The coldest day measured in Ramallah between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1950, at -5.5 °C.

Does it snow in Ramallah?

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

Has the climate of Ramallah warmed?

Yes: Ramallah warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Ramallah?

The wettest day measured in Ramallah between 1940 and 2025 was 6 December 1971, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Ramallah?

The windiest day measured in Ramallah between 1940 and 2025 was 29 February 2012, with winds reaching 39.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Ramallah?

The warmest month in Ramallah is August (26.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Ramallah?

Ramallah receives on average 465 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 62 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Ramallah?

Ramallah 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 Ramallah?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ramallah between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1950, with 2.5 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Ramallah?

Yes: Ramallah has on average 49 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ramallah?

In Ramallah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.0 °C on 20 August 2010, and the lowest was -9.1 °C on 7 February 1950.

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