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Jerusalem in April

Warm and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Jerusalem is warm: highs near 74°F, lows near 49°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 40 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Jerusalem is warm: highs near 23°C, lows near 9°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 40 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
74°F23°Caverage
Low
49°F9°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 16% of days
Daylight
12h 56mon average

Is April a good time to visit Jerusalem?

Yes. April is one of Jerusalem's best months (April to May, or October to November).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How April sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 74°F in April, against 58°F to 94°F through the year.Highs near 23°C in April, against 14°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

16% of days in April, against 0% to 39% through the year.

Cloud cover

25% cover in April, against 1% to 29% through the year.

Daylight

12h 56m in April, against 10h 06m to 14h 11m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with April shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. March65°18°low 44°low 7°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. April74°23°low 49°low 9°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. May84°29°low 56°low 13°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Jerusalem sits, in April

Asia/Jerusalem
this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
6:12 AMsets 7:07 PM
Above the sea
780 mupland
Latitude
31.8°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Tel Aviv54 km north-west

The land around Jerusalem, shaded by its typical high in April, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Israel in April

high · low · wet days
See April on the planning mapThe whole year in Jerusalem

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Jerusalem. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (780 m) against the climate model's (686 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (780 m) against the climate model's (686 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.